Bird flu has been in the news a lot in recent weeks with cats in the Pacific Northwest falling ill and in some cases sadly being euthanized. The outbreak began back in March 2024 in dairy cattle, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Washington state pet food company is recalling one of its products due to possibility of it being contaminated with bird ...

Following a recent outbreak of cat flu at the Scottish SPCA rescue centre in Cardonald, the charity is appealing for kind-hearted animal lovers to help them out and donate scratching posts.