H5N1 Policy

Going backward on more than a dozen animal welfare and public health laws is NOT a solution to this crisis.

H5N1 avian influenza: technical solutions, political challenges

The Controversial Experiment and its Implications, and Lack Thereof for Today's H5N1 Strains

“We know that we are not adequately testing for bird flu in the Central Valley. This means we may have more cases unaccounted for.”

USDA officials said there are "no anticipated changes" to the policy for killing flocks with sick birds.

The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) has expressed concern over another potential widespread Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak in South Africa, since the virus typically migrates with wild birds from Europe to South Africa in winter. This heightens the urgency for proactive measures to safeguard farmers against the disease, including culling infected and at-risk flocks and vaccination.

The bird flu has created a crisis for farmers and consumers, while Musk and Trump have slashed the agency trying to fight the virus.

Free-range egg producers have said the government needs to go further to help the sector combat a rise in avian influenza cases in the UK. It follows a

This exercise underscored the importance of proactive planning, multidisciplinary collaboration, and integration of biosafety measures to strengthen healthcare system resilience against HPAI/H5N1.

The epidemic of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in the United Kingdom and Northern Europe from 2021 to 2023 has dwarfed all previous incursions. This fact has driven the need to review biosecurity behaviours and perceptions of virus incursions on commercial poultry farms. This study u …

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on Thursday that it has directed the industry to temporarily halt the import of poultry meat and products fr...

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Restrictions on agency communication hinder US response to H5N1, Congress warns.

By Leisa Boley Hellwarth Force majeure, translated from French, means “superior forces.” This is a l

Two new humans cases in Ohio and Wyoming were hospitalized.

Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Measles-dismisser, nepo-baby, bear cub-dumper, and vaccine skeptic, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was one of the president’s more questionable nominations. This is a significant achievement in itself when compared with other dangerously unsuitable

New USDA plan tackles disease as an issue of economic concern, leaves questions about how to manage the threat H5N1-infected cows pose to people.

"It's not that people won't get the information eventually if it's serious, it's the rapidity of information that I'm worried about," Chin-Hong said.

So far, Bird Flu has hit more than a dozen major commercial poultry production facilities across Indiana since the beginning of this year. The virus is having a major impact, not just on egg and poultry prices,

Chronic staff shortages have left the California lab struggling to protect the state’s food chain from bird flu, the workers said.

Brooke Rollins tells Wall Street Journal that agency will take 5 steps to tackle avian flu, make eggs affordable - Anadolu Ajansı

In a recent commentary published in Nature Medicine, Tulane University virologist Bob Garry outlined the steps he sees as essential to preventing H5N1 from developing human-to-human transmission – and what strategies should be employed if the virus is able to evolve into a greater threat.

Despite the lessons from the pandemic, the demagogues and their followers are all too ready to embrace a cult of death

Eighty-four members of Congress have written to President Trump expressing concerns about his actions regarding the CDC and USDA that will negatively

The push comes as egg prices remain sky high around the nation, leaving consumers in the lurch

The changes could mean a vaccine and a decrease in the number of birds culled.

The White House needs to recognize that the best approach for a healthy nation is transparent bird flu data-sharing and aggressive monitoring and testing. That goes for Ohio authorities, as well, writes the editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com.

Public health and politics should work together to restore trust and ensure a cohesive response to bird flu

A relentless bird flu outbreak is sweeping through US farms, while health agencies face deep staffing cuts and data restrictions.