The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today reported two more H5 avian influenza infections, both confirmed by ...

A flock of nearly 878,000 in Tulare County is the first instance of avian flu in U.S. broilers since February.

Tulare County’s poultry outbreak was confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Oct. 16. That same week, the virus ...

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX) announced on Wednesday that it will roll out a rapid molecular lab test to detect the avian ...

Four agricultural workers in Washington state were recently diagnosed with avian influenza A (H5N1). The cases mark the first ...

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it has been awarded several contracts by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Concerns about bird flu — officially known as avian influenza A (H5) — continue to mount, particularly in California.

As the country’s largest dairy producer, it wasn’t exactly a shock when California cows started testing positive for avian flu at the end of August. The virus had been circulating in lactating cows ...

The avian flu, a devastating virus to poultry, crossed over to a dairy cow this spring, triggering an outbreak that has spread to 14 states and most recently to California, the la ...

A commercial broiler poultry farm just west of California's Springville, with a flock of 786,600 birds, has been confirmed to have cases of bird flu.

Seven cases of H5N1 bird flu were detected in California this week. No confirmed cases have occurred in people or livestock ...

Quest has developed a multi-target molecular test for avian influenza A H5 virus that it plans to make available by the end of October.