The study provides growing evidence of the threat it poses even when cats have no direct exposure to sick dairy cows or poultry.

The highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus may be spreading through the air under certain conditions, according to a new study from the Czech Republic. Government veterinarians made the discovery while investigating a mysterious outbreak at a highly secured chicken farm last February.

Burlington County officials are warning people against close contact with sick or dead birds after the remains of a Canada goose tested positive for avian flu in Pemberton Township. The goose, found dead with other geese earlier this month,