The risk to the public remained low, but people in close contact with dairy cattle may be at an increased risk, the state ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

For the 2nd year in a row, lactating dairy cattle will be tested for avian flu before they are shown at Wisconsin fairs. So ...

H5N1 bird flu is widespread among wild birds in the United States, and has caused increasing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows. Since 2024, the Centers for Disease Control has reported 70 human ...

Cartanza is often asked questions about bird flu by non-agriculture audiences. They come to her through her commitment to public outreach, which takes her everywhere from elementary schools to ...

This year, 30 million chickens have been culled across nine states as a result of bird flu outbreaks. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post Ohio, where a majority of this year’s spread was isolated ...

As the H5N1 bird flu virus mutates and rapidly spreads through American cattle herds — a first for the U.S. — doctors and veterinarians are fearful that if the virus is left unchecked, it ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to-human transmission ...

Jim Vondruska for NBC News Bird flu has now affected 167 million birds across the United States, and it’s also spreading to cats, rats, tigers and seals, among other species.

Since 2022, over 166 million US poultry have been affected by the bird flu. The highly pathogenic virus has also spread to 989 dairy herds in 17 states since March of last year.

A United Nations food agency warned that the continued spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus is an unprecedented food security risk that requires a coordinated global response. In a briefing held on ...

The H5N1 bird flu virus has spread among a variety of bird species, including chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, and many migratory wild birds. There have also been cases in humans and other mammals ...