For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023–2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic ...

Avian malaria is spreading across Hawaiʻi in a way scientists didn’t fully grasp until now: nearly every forest bird species can help keep the disease alive. Researchers found the parasite at 63 of 64 ...

Colorado Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera on Thursday declared a disaster emergency for a massive outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Weld County north of Denver. The Colorado Department ...

Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera verbally declared a disaster in Weld County for an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The verbal declaration issued Thursday night allows state agencies to ...

Since it was first detected in the U.S. in 2014, H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has jumped from wild birds to farm animals and then to people, causing more than 70 human cases in ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced Thursday that it had five preliminary positive cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, in Suffolk County.

The funding freeze from the Trump administration temporarily cut off vital dollars for a poultry lab in Willmar fighting the bird flu that has rattled Minnesota’s turkey industry. U.S. Agriculture ...

THE CLINIC’S LAST DAY SEEING PATIENTS IS FEBRUARY 27TH. THERE ARE FEWER NEW CASES OF WILD BIRD FLU RIGHT NOW, BUT POLK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE STILL WARNING PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL IF THEY FIND ...

The first Avian flu case of 2026 has been reported at a Walker County poultry producing operation. The producer first noticed signs in his flock over the weekend. The case was confirmed on Tuesday and ...

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Agriculture reported on Wednesday the state’s first positive bird flu case for 2026. Officials said bird flu was found in a commercial flock in Walker ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA – APHIS) and the Georgia Department of Agriculture announced a confirmed case of ...

Carlin and Reyes-Illg are veterinary scientists. They serve as senior policy adviser and president, respectively, of the Veterinary Association for Farm Animal Welfare. Cheaper egg prices have muted ...