Bird flu has affected more than 2.2 million birds in Pennsylvania this year. The state is funding efforts to protect flocks and contain the spread of outbreaks.

In the fall, Heap's customers can pick sunflowers, mums and pumpkins; bump along on hayrides; and wander through a corn maze. The farm also produces commodity corn and soy, often for international ...

Bird flu, or H5N1, has been detected in the U.S. in birds and some mammals, and has sickened more than 65 people, killing one. The virus is considered highly dangerous to humans because it is ...

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...

Here, members of a West German Navy vessel hand over a jar of vaccine to the U.S. transport ship General Patch for 134 people sick with flu. Henry Brueggemann/AP Photo However, Americans were not ...

The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...

“As a precaution, over the last two weeks, we have moved vulnerable bird species to protected areas in our parks,” officials said in a statement. On Friday, state officials ordered bird ...

The UK has been declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) - and bird "gatherings" have been banned in England and Wales in response to rising cases of bird flu. Strains of the virus have ...

The public can report sick and dead bird findings to 888-PGC-WILD. Janine Tancredi, co-executive director of The Wilderz at Pocono Wildlife, said she and her staff have been collecting sick and ...