avian flu

Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has proposed a controversial solution regarding the avian flu currently affecting the country. The politician suggested allowing the virus to spread freely among poultry farms in order to identify immune animals. This idea...

Although risk to humans is low, people are urged to avoid contact with dead animals

In the U.S., avian flu outbreak threatens to put traders and consumers in serious trouble

The move will slow health down inspections on farms as contagion spreads to mammals

Fear is that cases are underestimated because farmers fear economic losses and refuse testing

So far, there are no reports of humans having been infected as authorities monitor the situation closely

Last week, Crescent Duck Farm, the utmost large duck farm on Long Island had to cull its entire flock of 99,000 ducks as a health prevention measure, due to the bird flu that struck it. This is causing a crisis...

The Louisiana patient hospitalized last month in critical condition for severe avian influenza has died, the state health department said Monday. It is the first death in the United States due to the virus. As the Louisiana Department of Health...

The outbreak has also spread to cattle and birds. So far, 61 cases have been reported in humans