Americans are not the only ones getting sick from the flu this year. An ongoing bird flu outbreak has infected millions of wild birds, commercial poultry and backyard flocks in the U.S. since January ...

Quick Take The 350 chickens at Slough Farm were euthanized to prevent potential spread. Precautions must be taken when managing backyard flocks in areas with a Bird Flu outbreak. Counter-intuitively, ...

Sky-high egg prices have drawn renewed attention to the bird flu outbreak, which has caused more than 166 million wild and domestic birds in the U.S. to die since it began in 2022, NBC News reported.

A Seattle-area senior who was raising a backyard flock of mixed domestic birds died from the H5N5 strain of avian influenza last month after being hospitalized for complications related to the virus.

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a widespread risk to the public.

After Indiana’s outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in January 2025, Adams County Purdue Extension educator Brad Kohlhagen began receiving almost daily telephone calls, especially ...