The Arizona Department of Agriculture, working closely with the USDA detected a strain of avian influenza in milk in Maricopa ...

The Arizona Department has issued a warning after avian flu was found in milk produced by cows at a dairy in Maricopa County. AZDA did not identify the dairy, but said the detection happened on June ...

The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) has confirmed a new detection of H5N1 avian influenza in milk from a Maricopa ...

Avian influenza isn't new to Arizona, but it may be the first time in several years Valley citizens are hearing about the disease. Anne Justice-Allen, state wildlife veterinarian for Arizona Game ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is a viral infection that primarily affects birds but can occasionally infect humans. In recent years, ...

Behind rising egg prices and shortages is a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), known as H5N1, that killed 13.2 million commercial egg-laying hens in the month of December alone ...

Health experts warn of another potential pandemic due to the H5N1 avian flu. The virus, impacting birds and mammals, has spread across the U.S. and resulted in significant poultry losses.

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

Vaccinating wild birds for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is not an option. Estimates suggest there are 50 billion of them. You could never catch and vaccinate enough of them to have an effect.

Influenza viruses have infected humans for hundreds of years. The strain that causes Avian Flu was first discovered in China in 1996 and differs from the seasonal flu strains that sicken people.

Experts say the short-term risk of a pandemic is low, but the recent appearance in mammals of the potentially dangerous avian influenza A strain, H5N1 — the bird flu virus — demands redoubling ...