Have you ever noticed your cat making strange clicking or chirping sounds while staring out the window at birds? This quirky ...

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 ...

Recent revelations about the transmission of bird flu between humans and cats have prompted increased attention from health authorities and pet owners alike. A study published in the Morbidity and ...

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 ...

Bird flu wasn’t on Tim Hanson’s mind when he fed his cats specialty pet food containing raw chicken. “You go to the pet shop and it was the premium raw food,” he said. “It was finely ground to a ...

Your orange tabby might be a vicious mouser. But house cats are not wild animals, and most veterinarians advise against feeding companion animals raw food because of pathogens like salmonella and ...