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For most of human history, pigeons have been our pets and partners. But sometime in the last half-century, the relationship ...

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Just this weekend, the CDC confirmed a mild case in a child who had no known exposure to an infected animal. There have been several cases like this one over the past few months.

Efforts to contain the virus are falling short. A teenager in Canada is in critical condition after an unexplained infection.

A 16-year study on a closed population of Seychelles warblers (Acrocephalus sechellensis) on Cousin Island, Seychelles, has uncovered significant findings about how environmental factors -- ...

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture says avian influenza, or bird flu, has caused a sudden spike in chicken deaths at a ...

Looking to inform the conservation of critically endangered bird species, University of Utah biologists have completed an ...

The teen remains in critical condition in BC Children's Hospital, and Henry said an extensive investigation had yet to find a ...

Ticks could spread new diseases around the world by hitching a lift on migrating birds, warns new research. The parasitic ...

Avian influenza H5N1 infection in humans has spread to seven U.S. states, growing from 46 cases last week to 52 cases this week.

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