The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering a potential plan to vaccinate poultry against bird flu for the first time that includes evaluating how it would affect exports, the agency told ...

The CDC declared the end of its emergency response to H5N1 avian flu as a health threat to humans, David Murray writes.

Bird flu has infected 700 dairy farms in 15 states since March, including 26 Texas, 64 in Colorado, 2 in Oklahoma, 4 Kansas and 9 New Mexico, according to USDA data.

In bird flu fight, USDA almost doubling the $1.1 billion already spent File photo: A chicken is seen near a nesting box after laying eggs at an egg farm in Mason, Michigan, on March 3, 2025.

The USDA has issued a conditional license for an avian flu vaccine, aiming to control the outbreak affecting poultry and egg prices Skip to content NOWCAST WPBF 25 News Weekends at 8 a.m.

A USDA researcher performs a rapid antigen test on milk from a dairy cow inoculated against bird flu in containment building in Ames, Iowa on July 29, 2024. AP Cows stand in the milking parlor of ...

Already, the USDA has funneled more than $1.7 billion into tamping down the bird flu on poultry farms since 2022, which includes reimbursing farmers who’ve had to cull their flocks, and more ...

While rare, bird flu has infected over 140 cats since 2022, according to government data. Here's how to protect your pets.

If bird flu does reappear, the state then has to return to stage three. After all states move through stage four, USDA will begin periodic sampling. The goal is to show long-term absence.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it will sample the nation's milk supply to test for the H5N1 bird flu virus.

FILE – In this image provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a researcher performs a rapid antigen test on milk from a dairy cow inoculated against bird flu in a containment building at ...