Health officials in Ontario’s Peel Region say they are investigating suspected cases of avian influenza after a large number of dead wild birds were recently discovered. Peel Public Health says ...

Bird farms are trying to repopulate amid an ongoing outbreak of avian flu, which could bring some relief to the price of eggs in the coming months. "From what I hear, the industry in California ...

Commercial chicken farmers are being hit hard by the avian flu, and that hits not only their bottom line but also can take an emotional toll. Nearly seven million commercial birds have been lost ...

A growing number of these and an unknowable population of free-roaming “community cats” have been contracting avian flu, or H5N1. With kitten season around the corner, this news organization ...

While avian influenza, aka bird flu, is ravaging wild and farmed bird populations, its transmission to nonavian species—including domestic and wild felines—is also raising alarm bells.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Feb. 19 detected a case of highly pathogenic avian ...

Avian flu does not currently pose a widespread risk to human health. However, California farmworkers are on the front lines of rising human case numbers as the virus burns through California’s poultry ...

The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, better known as bird flu, has resulted in the deaths of millions of chickens – sending egg prices soaring – and even infected some other farm animals.

The USDA has launched a $1 billion strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza, protect the U.S. poultry industry and lower egg prices. Vaccines, enhanced biosecurity measures and ...

Authorities have culled 2.4 million birds to try and control two large avian influenza outbreaks that have resulted in intermittent but ongoing egg shortages. So far Australia has managed to avoid ...

State officials warn that the risk for animals is high and urge residents to take precautions to limit the spread of the virus. Nearly 25 geese and ducks found Wednesday on Ogunquit Beach likely ...

WELL, NEW AT FOUR. THERE HAS BEEN ANOTHER CONFIRMED CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN THE STATE, SO THE USDA IS REPORTING A CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, AFFECTING 1100 BIRDS AND A LIVE BIRD MARKET.