Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY (3 March 2023), "Bird flu is killing bald eagles at an 'alarming rate,' researchers say." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) (15 February 2023), "Ask the Expert: Highly Pathogenic Avian...
Officials from the New York state government announced on February 7 local time that after seven cases of Bird Flu were found in live poultry markets in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens, live poultry markets in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County will be closed for a week. ...
Bird flu isn’t part of the“quad-demic” of virusescirculating through the country this winter—COVID,seasonal flu,respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), andnorovirus—and its risk to public health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), remains low. But that doesn’t...
Bird flu is fatal in birds and the government requires entire flocks to be culled once the virus is on a farm. The deadliest year was 2022, but nearly as many chickens have been disposed of so far in 2024 as in all of 2023, the data shows. The sick workers in Colorado, for ins...
bearsand other mammals have caught the virus. In the U.S., mammalian infections have been detected in nine different states, according toUSA Today’sAdrianna Rodriguez. In Peru,at least 585 sea lionshave been found dead, likely due to bird flu. Other infected animals include dolp...
Scientists escalate bird-flu warningsAnita Manning USA Today
3 grizzly bears in Montana tested positive for bird flu, euthanized last fallBy Stephanie Weaver Published January 18, 2023 2:13pm EST Pets and Animals Fox TV Stationsarticle Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) adult running out of woods, Montana, USA, October, controlled subject. (...
Should I Worry About Bird Flu? If you’re a backyard chicken owner (and even if you’re not), you’ve likely heard about Avian Influenza (AI). Commonly referred… Ready, Set, Roost: Chicken Coops for Happy Hens Which came first: The chicken or the egg farmer? Though once upon ...
Nearly 5 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have been slaughtered this year because of a persistent bird flu outbreak that began in 2022.