Bird flu has also caused egg prices to skyrocket, and an outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicting egg prices will increase about 20% within the year, compared with a predicted 2. ...

Bird flu case map. The map below shows bird flu reported since 2024, per CDC data. Wyoming woman with prior conditions becomes 3rd US hospitalization.

A map showing where avian influenza H5N1 has infected humans in the U.S, with the darkest red showing California, which has had 26 cases in 2024. Bird flu also affects cows, pigs and people.

The H5N1 bird flu isn’t new. The CDC says the virus was first identified in Southern China in domestic waterfowl in 1996. In 1997, it spread to 18 people in China and Hong Kong. Six of those ...

From Jan. 20 to June 26, USDA completed 948 biosecurity assessments to strengthen the nation’s poultry flock on farms across ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

High Pathogenic Avian Influenza was detected in poultry near Roch in Pembrokeshire. In response, the chief veterinary officer for Wales has declared an Influenza Protection Zone and a wider ...

The state of Wisconsin has reported only one case of bird flu in a backyard poultry flock this year. Dairy herds remain free ...

An international team of researchers led by Professor Huaijun Zhou from the UC Davis Department of Animal Science has created the first-ever detailed map of how genes are regulated in chickens — a ...

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) announced the case around Nun Monkton and Linton-on-Ouse, near York, and revealed a 3km and 10km bird flu surveillance zones.