Bird flu has caused growing problems for the last year. Here's what we know so far.
Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount ...
Bird flu hits Montgomery County, with outbreak in backyard chickens
The highly contagious bird flu has hit Montgomery County, Maryland, where officials say a backyard flock of chickens tested ...
Bird flu forces shutdown of live poultry markets in NY
In New York, live bird markets where the virus was detected have to dispose of all poultry in a sanitary manner, according to ...
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It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild
That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.
Your questions about bird flu answered by experts
H5N1 isn’t going away anytime soon and could become a pandemic. Here are some tips to help you understand your risk ...
Bird strike detection systems to be deployed at all S. Korean airports following Jeju Air crash
South Korean authorities said Thursday that all airports in the country would be required to deploy thermal imaging cameras ...
H5N1 bird flu spills over again; Nevada cows hit with different, deadly strain
Cows in Nevada have been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu different from the strain detected in all other herds to this point in the ongoing dairy outbreak. It's the same strain that killed a ...
Should we be worried about bird flu, the 'unpredictable shape-shifter'?
Bird flu has decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds. The risk to humans is currently low, but that could easily ...
Why aren’t American farmers vaccinating their poultry flocks for bird flu?
In 2023, France started requiring bird flu vaccinations for ducks intended for human consumption. The country went from having over 1,000 outbreaks during a year to two.