The recent live bird market cases represent the second and third known cases of avian influenza in Philadelphia. In January, ...

Racine Zoo’s Dan Powell, curator of animal care and conservation, said staff had been expecting the virus to die down by now as avian flu usually peaks in the fall and spring. “Usually ...

A Brooklyn kitten has been identified as the second confirmed feline victim of avian flu in New York City — having contracted the contagion from another infected cat. Valentino, a 1-year-old ...

In the case of critically endangered California condors, scientists organized a vaccination program -- including in San Diego ...

The move follows the destruction of some 6.8 million egg-laying chickens so far this year in Indiana as highly pathogenic ...

The deadly H7N9 strain was detected on a poultry farm in Noxubee, Mississippi, last week, for the first time since 2017.

In the summer of 2022, aboard a small boat in the waters of Dublin Port, a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror classic The Birds flashed through my mind. In the film, a group of ...

Douglas County health officials have confirmed that geese found dead at the Heartland of America Park lake had H5N1, also ...

Zoetis received conditional USDA approval for an avian flu vaccine. Major poultry and dairy organizations back vaccine use to control the virus. The Trump administration is rolling out a new ...

More than 50,5 million birds in US poultry farms have been slaughtered because of outbreaks of avian flu among flocks in over forty states, according to the Department of Agriculture. The disease ...

The spread of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has ravaged flocks around the world, disrupting supply and fuelling higher food prices. Its spread to mammals, including dairy cows in the ...

Backyard Poultry Face Bird Flu Risk When Migrating Mallards Stop to Rest Feb. 24, 2025 — Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks -- natural carriers of avian influenza -- stop and ...