Are backyard chickens at risk of bird flu?
As the popularity of keeping backyard and urban chicken flocks grows, health and agriculture experts warn that bird flu can pose a risk to your feathered friends — and by extension, a small risk to you,
As bird flu continues to spread, is there a vaccine for humans?
Since the summer, the U.S. has begun preparing about 10 million doses of a vaccine that they think will be effective against H5N1 bird flu. Federal officials have elected not to u
A Woman in Wyoming Is Hospitalized With Bird Flu
An older woman in southeast Wyoming is hospitalized with bird flu, state health department officials said Friday. It's the state's first human case of Type A H5N1 influenza, which is spreading through animals and some people.
Canada reports outbreak of H5N5 bird flu on backyard farm
Canada has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N5 avian influenza on a non-commercial backyard layer poultry farm in the eastern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday.
Farms braced for 'catastrophic' bird flu
People working with birds across Berkshire are on high alert for potential bird flu after about 1.8m were culled across the UK in three months. Bird flu was last spotted in the Royal County in 2023 and had a "catastrophic" impact,
Americans may have had bird flu and not even know it, new study suggests. How do you get it?
A new report reveals that more Americans may have had bird flu without reporting any symptoms. How many cases have been detected in California?
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Bird flu is killing wild birds and mammals, too
The Allegheny Front’s Kara Holsopple talked about the risks with Dr. Justin Brown, DVM, PhD, a Penn State professor and ...
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Is there a bird flu vaccine? Experts discuss progress amid ‘alarming' outbreak
Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading ...
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Reuters Fact Check: Avian influenza does not only affect poultry and livestock
An outbreak of avian influenza affecting poultry and livestock has led to the culling of hundreds of millions of birds, ...
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Everything important to know about the bird flu, or H5N1, in Connecticut
CT DEEP, CT DoAg and CT DPH collaborated to release a fact sheet with important facts about the Highly Pathogenic Avian ...
Avian flu suspected in deaths of 30 wild birds found on N.J. river banks
The birds — swans, geese and at least one duck, according to one witness — were collected and disposed of by public works ...
Avian flu on the rise among wild Utah birds
For most of last year, Utah saw few cases of avian flu. That changed in the fall, and more cases are being reported, state ...
Raw pet food pulled after cats die with bird flu. Check these lots before feeding your pet
Oregon health officials urged pet owners to check the lot numbers on Wild Coast Raw pet food products they have at home.
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Indiana declares bird flu the biggest animal health emergency in history
The virus, primarily spread by migratory birds, is making its way through both Indiana and Kentucky, raising concerns for ...
3 more Portland-area cats test positive for bird flu as infections spread
At least four Oregon cats have been euthanized in the past two months after developing severe symptoms from bird flu.
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Wildlife rehabilitators on high alert as birds of prey die from avian influenza
Staff at the World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis are taking extra precautions to protect raptor species from H5 avian influenza ...
'Much worse.' Chatham sees rise in dead birds. Wild Care reports positive avian flu cases
Amid concerns about avian flu, officials and wildlife rehabilitators on Cape Cod are monitoring rising cases of dead and sick ...