New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

Primarily impacting wild fowl and poultry, bird flu occasionally spills over to humans and other mammals. One of the most dangerous strains is the H5N1, notorious for its lethality among both our ...

The state has identified bird flu at a commercial poultry operation in Maricopa County, but agriculture officials said there is no evidence that any eggs produced by the flock have entered the ...

BUCKEYE, Ariz. — The largest egg producer in Arizona is bringing in new chickens for the first time since the farm was devastated by bird flu. To see them, though, is no small feat. Hickman's family ...

The state has identified bird flu at a commercial poultry operation in Maricopa County, but agriculture officials said there is no evidence that any eggs produced by the flock have entered the ...

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 ...

At the time, three states had reported cases of bird flu in mammals in 2024, including striped skunks found in Washington state, a mountain lion in Montana and a raccoon in Kentucky.

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 ...

Hickman's Family Farms lost 95% of its Arizona hen population, about 6 million birds, because of avian flu. The company expects layoffs and the end of its inmate labor program but its CEO doesn't ...