What to Know About the H5N9 Bird Flu
H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. (Anis is part of a lab that conducts national testing of poultry samples for avian influenza.)
What are the symptoms of bird flu? Avian flu cases top 126K in New York
Health officials urged people to identify avian flu symptoms early and properly cook chicken and eggs to limit risk of infections.
Can you get bird flu from eating eggs or chicken? How avian flu spreads
The risk of bird flu to humans is low, but eating undercooked eggs or chicken could increase your chances of exposure to infection and germs.
As bird flu ravages poultry industry, the damage spreads
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,
Avian flu outbreak has spread to birds in Boston area, officials say
An avian flu outbreak that has killed birds across Massachusetts in recent weeks is suspected to have spread to birds in Boston and Brookline, according to officials.
The impact from bird flu spreads
After H5N1, the current strain of bird flu, reached the United States in 2022, more than 148 million chickens, turkeys and other farm birds have been euthanized. Since last year, when the virus jumped from poultry and wild birds to mammals,
Waffle House adds egg surcharge in light of high prices, bird flu killing US chickens
Waffle House locations have signs announcing a new, temporary 50-cent egg surcharge. The company cited high prices and bird ...
State Veterinarian: Avian flu contained after December outbreak in Cullman Co.
Dr. Frazier said there was swift coordination with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service within the U.S. Department ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza detected in O'Brien County chickens
Iowa's second report of bird flu within poultry in 2025 has been detected in a O'Brien County commercial laying chicken flock ...
Buffalo wings with a side of bird flu? What to know about avian outbreak ahead of Super Bowl
Over 1 billion chicken wings are estimated be eaten during the Super Bowl this Sunday. Will the recent 'bird flu' cases ...
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WV Department of Agriculture shuts down poultry exhibitions and other shows in response to avian flu outbreak
In response to a recent outbreak of avian flu in a backyard flock of chickens, the West Virginia Department of Agriculture ...
3rd avian flu outbreak in large commercial flock near Pasco. Chickens to be killed
Egg prices expected to stay high because of limited supplies as the virus continues to infect commercial flocks nationwide.
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More than 100 dead birds found along lakefront beaches; avian flu suspected
As it mutates, the bird flu has seemingly been able to infect other bird species, pets, other kinds of animals and, on rare ...
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Westchester: Bird flu risk low for people, but avoid contact with wild, sick or dead birds
Bird flu risk is low for people and there are no identified New York state human cases, but people should avoid direct ...
Avian flu has been contained to one north Alabama county, state veterinarian says
In December more than 100,000 birds, nearly all of them chickens, were killed at the Cullman County farm and a backyard flock in Pickens County.
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Case of bird flu confirmed in Schuylkill County
A dead Canada goose found in South Manheim Township has tested positive for avian influenza, the first confirmed case of the ...
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From chickens to tigers: avian flu's deadly march across species raises alarm in Michigan
As the disease rapidly evolves, questions continue to rise: what is the bird flu? Why is this different? What can we do?