business logos, chinaware, and eventually bumper stickers, tote bags, motor­cycle jackets, and of course bourbon bottles. History is not without paradox, however. While Americans idolized the ...

The CDC warns samples of the bird flu virus show signs of mutations that could make it more transmissible to humans. The CDC says it appears the H5N1 virus contained mutations in the Louisiana ...

“It was like watching a field hospital on an active battlefront treating hundreds of wounded soldiers,” he said. Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus shows no ...

Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus shows no sign of slowing. The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a ...

Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are ...

As bird flu infections rise in dairy cattle and chickens, human cases are ticking up too, leaving many people to wonder whether they might be at risk from this recently arrived virus. Bird flu ...

As the bird flu situation develops in the U.S., scientists told Newsweek the virus could become a pandemic--depending on what happens next. Right now, California is the epicenter of the outbreak ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The burgeoning global bird flu outbreak continued its flight path across the country this week, with two major developments that point to the ...

A multistate outbreak of the flu -- technically the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or H5N1 bird flu -- was first reported in March in dairy cows. The rising frequency and diversity of ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared a state of emergency over the H5N1 avian influenza virus on Wednesday. The bird flu has been ...

But it wasn't officially America's national bird until this week. On Christmas Eve, President Biden signed some 50 bills into law — including one that amends the U.S. Code to give the bald eagle ...