Bird flu isn’t just affecting chickens and cows; it’s hitting pet cats. An estimated 11.6 million households in California own 23.3 million cats. A growing number of these and an unknowable population ...

More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that ...

(AP) – The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Bird flu has been spreading for years ...

A cat sits on a rodent bait station in Silver Spring in August 2019. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate medical and public ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy ...