It’s understood that weather can influence how diseases and viruses are spread, but could a windy spring in Texas mean bird ...

Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a ...

Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test.

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

One year since it was discovered in Texas dairy cows, epidemiologists have their hands full tracking the virus’ spread.

Egg prices are nearing $6 a dozen in some areas, mostly because millions of hens have been slaughtered due to the bird flu pandemic. Vaccines are available, but will consumers accept them just to ...

Amid a worsening avian flu crisis, staffers have not been hired for the federal agency in charge of pandemic response.

One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have ...

Sid Miller says he's working with lawmakers to pass legislation that would improve Texas' infrastructure in order to improve ...

Texas' Commissioner of Agriculture Sid Miller stopped by KXAN's studio on January 24 to chat with anchors Avery Travis and Tom Miller about how the state is handling bird flu, his opposition to a ...

We know that raw milk, which has not been pasteurized, can potentially spread bird flu. What about chicken and duck eggs? We reached out to the Texas Animal Health Commission, the U.S. Department ...

A new H5N1 bird flu mutation has appeared in a cluster of infected dairy cows. It's a genetic change that scientists say ...