Indeed, 116 is the highest number of the critically endangered condors — which can fly 150 miles in a day and reach 10,000 ...

Ohio was the hardest hit by HPAI in 2025, having lost 14,728,900 commercial poultry birds. Of the 70 commercial poultry ...

At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) could lead to the next pandemic. A ...

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Nearly two dozen U.S. senators urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a letter, to “prioritize” a ...

Egg prices have increased nationwide by about 38% in the past year. In other cases, eggs are absent from shelves altogether. Why?

WASHINGTON, D.C. (U.S. SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN PRESS RELEASE) - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) pushed the Trump Administration to ramp up their avian flu response as the first dairy herd in ...

Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering our body's natural defense system – fever – powerless in fighting infection.