BALTIMORE --The nationwide outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu is being blamed for the soaring egg prices at grocery stores and restaurants, according to the latest USDA report.In Maryland, the second case was recently uncovered at a poultry farm in Queen Anne's County, according t...
Delaware officials investigating presumptive bird flu outbreak in Sussex CountyThe Delaware Department of Natural Resources says about 40-50 snow geese have tested presumptive positive for bird flu at the Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge in Milton, Sussex County.Jan 2, 2025 embed code copied ...
JERUSALEM, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security said Tuesday it has detected infections of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, or bird flu, in poultry in northern Israel, the first of its kind in the country this year. The outbreak was discovered i...
ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time since the 2022 countrywide outbreak, bird flu hit a poultry producer in Georgia, the nation’s top state for chicken production. The state Department of Agriculture announced Friday that the agency has detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza ...
The CDC confirmed the fourth human case of bird flu linked to the current dairy cow outbreak on Wednesday in a dairy worker in Colorado.
JERUSALEM, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Israel's Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security reported Sunday that it has detected an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, at a northern poultry farm. The infections of H5N1, an influenza subtype, were discovered at a breeding coop...
"For the first time since the ongoing, nationwide outbreak began in 2022, HPAI [bird flu] has been confirmed in a commercial poultry operation in the state of Georgia," said Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper. "This is a serious threat to Georgia’s #1 industry and the livelihoods...
While it’s too early to quantify the potential economic impact of a bird flu outbreak, many of these latest developments are concerning, particularly the transmission of the virus from one species to another, said Darin Detwiler, a food safety and policy expert at Northeastern University. “We...
The ongoing U.S. outbreak of bird flu in dairy cattle reached Minnesota on Thursday as the state announced its first infected herd.
It is the worst U.S. outbreak of the avian flu since 2015, according to a report of the National Public Radio. The outbreak has sent chicken meat and egg prices skyrocketing ahead of the Easter holiday. The risk to the general public's health from current bird flu virus is low, accord...