Late that year, highly pathogenic avian influenza reached North America. The impact was immediate and devastating. In 2022, the number of occupied nests plunged 50 percent. Tests on dead bald ...

Most cases of human bird flu infections are due to contact with infected poultry or surfaces that are contaminated with ...

While there have been no recent cases of avian flu in Utah's poultry or cattle, Arizona and Idaho have ongoing outbreaks.

CHARLIE NEIBERGALL / AP The bird flu situation in North America continues to worry epidemiologists ... This is the first very serious case of avian influenza since the beginning of the year ...

As avian flu continues to spread across North America, zoos, poultry operations and local birders are taking extra precautions. Also known as avian influenza or bird flu, the disease was ...

Cases of avian influenza continue to be found in Michigan ... during the first breeding season after the virus appeared in North America, likely because the chicks got the virus or sick parents ...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was first detected in wild birds in North America in Dec. of 2021 and was first spotted in Oregon in May 2022. According to Oregon Fish and Wildlife ...

Masaio Ishizuka, a senior epidemiologist at the Sao Paulo University, said evidence suggests migratory birds have now ...

Initially identified in China in 1996, the first major outbreak of H5 family avian flu occurred in North America in 2014-2015. This 2014 outbreak was caused by the H5N8 strain, a close relative of ...