APHIS reports two confirmed flock infections in Ohio, while state agencies report positive HPAI detections in Iowa and Indiana.

With emergencies declared for bird flu in Mercer and Darke counties, 2 NEWS is digging deeper into how the virus spreads.

Mercer County commissioners have declared a state of emergency to support poultry farmers dealing with the effects of the bird flu.

With Ohio confirming its first human case of bird flu in Mercer County, residents are raising questions about how to protect ...

By WILLIAM KINCAID and ABIGAIL MILLER [email protected] CELINA - A state of emergency has been declared in Mercer and Darke counties due to ongoing outbreaks of High Path Avian Influenz ...

Forty commercial poultry flocks in Mercer County, Ohio have been impacted by highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2025. The ...

The bird flu outbreak has continued to hurt poultry farms across Ohio. Since Christmas Eve, nearly 12 million birds have died from the avian flu across the Buckeye ...

THE ISSUE “Two more Lancaster County poultry operations, accounting for an additional 80,000-plus birds, have tested positive ...

The patient, a Mercer County man who works on a farm, contracted the virus after coming into contact with an infected dead bird.

Ohio – the leader in bird flu outbreaks in the U.S. – had its first human case of bird flu reported last week.

The Ohio Department of Health has reported the state's first probable human case of influenza A(H5), also known as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), or bird flu. An adult male Mercer County ...