The prospect of an outbreak of avian influenza among dairy cattle triggering a pandemic in humans is one step closer than ...

Cells in cow udders could act as a site for human flu and bird flu viruses to swap genes and generate dangerous novel strains ...

Bird flu is here to stay. The H5N1 avian influenza is proliferating among U.S. cows and there are now two strains circulating among mammals and birds. Though there are only 68 confirmed cases in ...

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections. But the U.S.

A researcher who studied fingernail growth and a group that explored whether painting zebra-like stripes on cows reduced fly bites are among the winners of this year's Ig Nobels.