The Maryland Department of Agriculture confirmed the first case of avian influenza in Anne Arundel County on Wednesday, according to a news release. It is unclear where in Anne Arundel the case ...

Egg prices hit a record high in January as avian influenza continues decimating flocks around the country and in Maryland, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the CDC.

Since then, nine commercial flocks on Delmarva have been affected by bird flu, including three in Kent County, Delaware, two in Caroline County, Maryland, and one each in Dorchester, Worcester and ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) temporarily barred the entry of imported poultry originating from Maryland and Missouri in the United States due to bird flu outbreaks ...

To report a sick wild bird in Maryland, call the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Services hotline at (877) 463-6497 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

In other parts of the world, where it has been circulating since 1997, bird flu has killed roughly half the people known to be infected, though it's possible that more contracted the virus and didn't ...

Bird flu hits Montgomery County, with outbreak in backyard chickens Officials say there have been 11 outbreaks of the H5N1 virus among birds in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware.

The first bird flu case in Maryland since 2023 was confirmed in a poultry facility in Caroline County on Jan. 10. It happened a few days after the first U.S. bird flu death was reported in Louisiana.

WASHINGTON — A chicken in a Montgomery County backyard flock has tested positive for bird flu, the Maryland Department of Agriculture said Thursday. The whole flock and area are under quarantine ...

Maryland has recorded its first case of bird flu in more than a year, after the virus was confirmed at a Caroline County farm through “routine sampling of a broiler operation,” according to a ...

This comes days after Maryland officials also reported cases of bird flu at commercial poultry operations in Caroline County and Queen Anne's County, like Dorchester County within the state's ...

The Maryland Department of Agriculture on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, announced the first presumptive positive case of H5 avian influenza in a commercial broiler farm in Dorchester County.