To create the experimental bird flu vaccine, the researchers added what’s called a histidine tag, or his-tag, to both the H5 ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in New York City despite the state’s temporary live market shut down in February — and activists want a total closure of the slaughter houses. At least ...

Bobcats, the elusive felines that roam throughout much of New York State, have been exposed to avian flu and some even survived the ordeal, according to a new study. Experts said this was the ...

In an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health, a team led by researchers from the CUNY Graduate School of Public ...

Live animal markets and factory farms on Long Island provide the "perfect conditions" for the spread of bird flu, experts say ...

Avian influenza – which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk – has now been confirmed in wild bobcats in New York state.

U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record high of $6.23 per dozen despite no egg farms having bird flu ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds. But the potential for influenza A viruses that ...

A key component of the network are the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames and Plum Island, New York. The departing employees worked on maintaining consistency in bird flu testing ...

Some families, however, may be looking at alternatives after the average cost of a dozen eggs climbed to a record high of ...