Air and surface testing in live poultry markets detects dangerous viruses earlier than testing birds alone, improving ...

Scientists have discovered that testing the environment of live poultry markets is an effective way to identify avian ...

Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a medium-sized flock of backyard chickens in Skagit County.

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have found that viruses circulating in live poultry markets can be detected more ...

Several wild birds discovered sick or dead Friday in Sussex County's coastal waters have preliminarily tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, state officials announced. The Delaware ...

The risk of bird flu infection to humans is low, but the virus can infect cats, dogs and other mammals. To protect pets from bird flu, keep cats indoors, don't feed pets raw meat, and keep pets away ...

When the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus made its first appearance at a U.S. poultry farm in February 2022, roughly 29,000 turkeys at an Indiana facility were sacrificed in an attempt to avert a larger ...

The number of bird flu cases have dropped in Minnesota, but turkey farmers say the threat is always there. "This most recent outbreak is going on three years now and it doesn't seem to be letting up," ...

Click the player above to hear NHPR Reporter Paul Cuno-Booth's conversation with All Things Considered Host Julia Furukawa about this topic, produced by Michelle Liu. New Hampshire health officials ...