New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that the state is temporarily shutting down all live bird markets in New York City and Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties through February 14 ...

On Feb. 7, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued an order to temporarily close live bird markets after cases of avian influenza, or bird flu, were detected in seven markets in Queens, Brooklyn ...

issued a new Notice and Order for live bird markets that have not had a detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in New York City and Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau counties.

But it is unclear just how infectious a human-to-human strain of bird flu could be, and epidemiologists fear a novel virus could inundate New York's hospitals and bring the health care system to ...

New York on Friday ordered a weeklong shutdown of all live bird markets in New York City, Westchester and Long Island after seven cases of avian flu were detected at bird markets in the city.

Officials said the shutdowns are prudent steps. Live bird markets in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County will be shut down for a week after seven cases of avian flu in poultry were ...