Maryland's Department of Natural Resources has expanded its efforts to manage dead wild birds. According to a news release, ...

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced in a press release that it would be updating the ...

FDA wants pet food manufacturers to do a better job identifying possible signs of bird flu in raw foods such as uncooked meat ...

The first case of avian flu in a commercial poultry operation has been found, according to the Georgia Department of ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) officials announced they detected Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in El Paso County.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has announced a presumptive positive case of H5N1 Avian ...

The U.S. has reported its first death due to bird flu, aka H5N1. How deadly is H5N1? Experts discuss bird flu fatality rate amid ongoing outbreak.

Pet parents are growing more concerned about the risk of bird flu in cats after recent reports of cats contracting avian influenza A (H5N1) from contaminated food sources. In December 2024, one cat ...

Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease ...

A highly contagious disease is killing ducks and other birds across Harris County and Texas, the Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

The first human death caused by H5N1 in the U.S. was reported in Louisiana on Jan. 6. Here's what to know about bird flu.

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