Illinois Wildlife Extension Specialist Joy O'Keefe and Wildlife Medical Clinic Director Stephany Lewis say the virus threat ...
Some chicken breeders say people are trying to help offset the cost of eggs by getting their own backyard hens, but chicken experts warn consumers may not save money in the long run. Customers are ...
As of Feb. 10, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed 68 human cases of H5N1 bird flu across 11 different states. Louisiana confirmed the first-ever human death from the ...
An outbreak of avian influenza affecting poultry and livestock has led to the culling of hundreds of millions of birds, ...
Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and, now, among ...
The United States Department of Agriculture on Tuesday acknowledged that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired “several” agency employees who are working on the federal government’s response to the ...
A bird flu vaccination campaign launched in France in 2023 has enabled the country's poultry production to recover to levels not seen since outbreaks of the virus wiped out tens of millions of birds, ...