New York has shut down live poultry markets in response to detected bird flu cases. The outbreak has resulted in the culling of millions of birds nationwide. While human infections are relatively ...

A newly released map from Newsweek, leveraging data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), sheds light on the extent of bird flu outbreaks in poultry flocks across the country since 2022.

Map of bird flu virus' spread: Has the bird flu spread across the US? See map as virus continues to wreak havoc While there is no evidence that anyone in the United States has gotten infected with ...

Hatty Willmoth is a Newsweek food and nutrition reporter based in London, U.K. She has covered special diets, gut health and functional medicine extensively. Hatty joined Newsweek in 2024 from the ...

Despite Arizona reporting two probable human cases of bird flu, health officials say that the risk to the public is very low. Arizona health officials announced on Dec. 6 that two workers in Pinal ...

From worries about food safety to egg prices, Americans have questions about the bird flu. This strain of bird flu, also known as H5N1, is not entirely new. It's been detected in a variety of bird ...

Bird flu outbreaks have forced tens of millions of chickens to be culled across nine states over the past year as more hotspots continue to emerge. So far, the Department of Agriculture has ...

Eggs are becoming pricier and harder to find amid the bird flu outbreak. Bird flu is spreading across the United States, causing egg prices to soar and availability to plummet. Cases of bird flu ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...