A dairy worker in Nevada has reportedly been infected by the killer variant of H5N1 bird flu; analysis shows changes in new strain that makes it more lethal in mammals.

Governor Kathy Hochul ordered Friday all live bird markets in New York City, Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau Counties to temporarily close after the Department of Agriculture and Markets (AGM) found bird flu at seven markets across the city, including two in the Bronx.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture keeps track of the spread of bird flu in the state, and the latest numbers are astounding.

How is the bird flu outbreak affecting the safety of the food supply?

Since then, egg farms have had to invest millions of dollars into biosecurity. For instance, employees shower in and shower out, before they start working and after their shifts end, to prevent spreading any virus

The temporary order is in place until Valentine's Day.

Live poultry markets in New York City raced to sell off all their chickens after seven cases of avian flu were detected and state officials ordered markets in the metropolitan area to close for a week.

Although it is standard procedure to kill flocks with the outbreak of bird flu, posts on social media twisted the truth.

Among several more outbreaks on commercial farms, one was at a layer facility in Pennsylvania that has nearly 2 million birds.

Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are potential pandemic of global concern, posing a major threat to both the poultry industry and human health. Host factors play a key role in the replication of AIVs, while the function of complement component 4 binding protein, membrane (C4BPM) in this process is sti …

Five new outbreaks are in Missouri, a state that has lost about 4.3 million poultry over the past 30 days.

Q&A: From people avoiding wild birds to farmers protecting their animals, Kent State epidemiologist Dr. Tara Smith shares tips on bird flu prevention.

Democrats are understandably eager to stick it to Trump over his unmet campaign promise to reduce prices. But society's fixation with cheaply produced eggs is precisely what got us into this mess.

Iowa has confirmed its second case of bird flu witihin domestic birds in 2025.The Iowa Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture

A rapid rise in avian influenza outbreaks in January led to the culling of more than 5 million birds during the month, bringing the total for the season to 8.1 million. Egg prices are slowly rising.

The tools the US used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks just aren't working this time, according to some agricultural experts. Some egg farmers have called for vaccinations for poultry.

After the current strain of bird flu, H5N1, reached the U.S. in 2022, more than 148 million birds have been euthanized. What is the outbreak's potential impacts on humans, the poultry industry, egg prices, and U.S. exports?

LUBBOCK — Just as quickly as the bird flu is spreading, the virus is changing.

In related developments, West Virginia officials suspend poultry exhibitions and Massachusetts warn of sick and dead birds across several cities.

The bird flu is making its mark on the nation, leading to rising egg prices because there are fewer chickens. But is there a risk of bird flu spreading from ...

Farming minister Daniel Zeichner told the Commons it was rare for the disease to infect humans.

WOSU Ohio is leading the nation in cases of bird flu. That’s potentially a big hit to the state, the second-largest producer of eggs in the country. And the state’s agriculture department said with…

Bird flu appears to be widespread in Massachusetts, state health and environmental officials said Wednesday.

Scientists discover DNA regions linked to bird flu resistance in chickens, a discovery that could lead to more resilient poultry flocks.

A new strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck farm in California, the first time the variant has been discovered in poultry in the United States, an international agency said.

PARIS (Reuters) - Lithuania has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a laying hen farm in the western part of the country, the World

Some of the latest outbreaks are in Ohio, which has lost nearly 6 million poultry over the past month.

Read Where poultry's king, bird flu is a crisis by Tom Baxter for SaportaReport here.