Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jen Reeder is an award-winning journalist who specializes in pets. The bird flu that is driving up the cost of eggs is also ...

This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in ...

What is Bird Flu in Cats? Bird flu, also called H5N1 avian influenza, is a flu virus. It causes severe illness and death in all types of birds, particularly wild birds, ducks, geese, and chickens.

The bird flu that's been killing flocks of wild birds and causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows across the United States has another unlikely victim: house cats. More than 140 domestic cats in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bird droppings undergo testing in 2022 for the avian flu. (Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY NETWORK) After two cats in Pottawatomie County ...