Several times over the last week, President Donald Trump has assured Americans that the prices of eggs and gasoline are down ...

The head of the Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly claimed in recent interviews that no scientists have been laid ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

With bird flu cases rising in the United States, the Illinois Department of Public Health is taking steps that will impact ...

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have not materialized, and there is less cause for worry than there ...

Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

Apr. 18, 2025 — A team led by researchers say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) could pose a serious obstacle to containing the virus and ...

A USDA bird flu response plan, updated in May 2017 during Trump’s first administration, incorporated policy guidance based on lessons from influenza outbreaks during the Obama and first Trump ...

A recent study has confirmed that the spread of avian influenza (H5N1) in U.S. dairy cattle began with just one wild bird infection. This event, traced back to Texas in 2023, led to undetected ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a ...