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Seven Delmarva-region commercial operations have now reported cases of the highly contagious virus.

ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time since the 2022 countrywide outbreak, bird flu hit a poultry producer in Georgia, the nation ...

The Georgia Department of Agriculture shut down all poultry activities, including sales and exhibitions, in the state after ...

The state of Louisiana identified a case of a domestic cat with bird flu in New Orleans, according to a spokesperson from the ...

The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The ...

The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious ...

The avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) is being extended to mitigate the risk of further outbreaks of the disease ...

The first case of bird flu was confirmed in New Orleans last week after the H5N1 virus was detected in a house cat on Jan. 14, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.  The ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers wrote.

"Cats (domestic and large felids) in particular can experience severe illness or death from infection with H5N1. Dogs can also contract H5N1, although they usually exhibit mild clinical signs and low ...