The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are monitoring the bird flu situation in the United States. Here's what to know and how to stay safe.
The LI duck farm, the last of its kind, houses more than 100,000 birds and is now under quarantine, Suffolk County Health officials say.
State officials are ramping up testing and urge farmers to strengthen biosecurity as efforts intensify to protect New York flocks. Risk to humans remains low.
The death comes at a time when the H5N1 virus has recently undergone an unusual mutation that is causing concern to the World Health Organization.
Seven states lost more than 1 million birds to avian influenza during the past year, while two lost more than 10 million.
Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the brink of human-to-human transmission, but predicting whether a virus will cross that threshold remains an uncertain science.
Over 100,000 birds were euthanized at a poultry farm on Long Island to prevent the spread of bird flu, FOX 5 NY's Jodi Goldberg confirmed.
The Connecticut Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, in a flock of chickens, ducks and peacocks on Jan. 15. These birds were family pets and had been in close contact with wild waterfowl from a nearby pond, according to the release.
The first case of avian flu in a commercial poultry operation has been found, according to the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
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.
Avian influenza H5N1 reached the United States in early 2022. It was first found in wild birds and poultry then started spreading to animals such as foxes, bears and seals, according to the Rhode ...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as ... release from the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health ...