Researchers uncovered why H5N1 bird flu attacks cows’ udders instead of their lungs: the virus’s preferred receptors are concentrated in mammary tissue. The breakthrough could help scientists predict ...

Scientists have now traced why the H5N1 bird flu virus that jumped into U.S. dairy herds keeps turning up in cows’ udders and ...

The soaring price of eggs is a ripple effect of an ongoing outbreak of avian influenza, also known as H5N1 or bird flu, which has spread from wild birds to dairy and poultry farms, infected cats, and ...

As potentially deadly avian influenza (H5N1) continues its global spread, moving from birds into mammals and in rare cases into humans, scientists are confronting a difficult reality. If a human ...

Experts have urged Australians to get their annual vaccination after a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was discovered in Western Australia.

Researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have developed a vaccine approach that shows promise in protecting against highly pathogenic bird flu, demonstrating strong efficacy in both mice and ...

Avian influenza - more commonly known as bird flu - is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. It is adapted to birds, but ...

Just 10 viral particles of the H5N1 bird flu that caused hundreds of influenza outbreaks in U.S. dairy cattle can cause infection in cows, a new study shows. The research also hints at why the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A herd of holstein cows get milked on a New York dairy farm (Image by Jake Zajkowski, for AGDAILY) Researchers at the University ...