GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu among a commercial poultry flock in Kent County. MDARD says this is the ...

The latest cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States include four commercial poultry flocks in ...

Activists and food industry representatives testify at a House Agriculture Committee hearing on food waste and initiatives to redirect discarded food to assist Americans in need.

According to Avian Flu Diary, recent USDA reports list nine additional HPAI H5 detections in live-bird markets since late December 2025, with eight in New York City and one in Florida. The outlet ...

Since the 1970s, the U.S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren't just growing—they are accelerating ...

An avian flu outbreak, which killed several elephant seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Park last month, has spread to ...

The Jefferson County Health Department announced that it has created an online resource to share updated information regarding the avian influenza outbreaks in Jefferson County.

After H5N1 bird flu was detected in elephant seals gathered at Ano Nuevo State Park, other marine mammals have also succumbed, including a sea otter and sea lion. So far, only animals in San Mateo ...

“We are now living with a foreign animal disease that is endemic in North American wildlife,” he said. “It’s a foreign animal ...

Food items in general are expected to continue going up in cost this year, according to a USDA report released last month.

The number of birds in U.S. commercial poultry operations that have been lost to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) during the 2022-26 outbreak have now surpassed 200 million.