A new variant of avian influenza appears capable of spreading among mammals, highlighting the need for more proactive surveillance, experts said. By Emily Anthes Early last October, the mink on a fur ...

Bird flu, at this point, is somewhat of a misnomer. The virus, which primarily infects birds, is circulating uncontrolled around much of the world, devastating not just birds but wide swaths of the ...

It was the middle of July and I was spending yet another morning in my beloved Thinking Chair. I had just returned from my trip to Cape Cod, where I had secured enough photos to give me columns until ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A recent bird flu outbreak at a mink farm in Spain has reignited worries about the virus spreading more broadly to people. Scientists have been keeping tabs on this bird flu virus ...

A bill in play would regulate the mink industry at the state level, creating mink farm licensing and requirements.