A positive case of H5 avian influenza was detected at a commercial broiler farm in Dorchester County, the Maryland Department of Agriculture said Monday.

HPAI, or bird flu, is “a highly contagious airborne respiratory virus that spreads easily among birds through nasal and eye secretions, as well as manure,” according to the Department of

A case of the avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, was confirmed in Caroline County, and it marks the first case at one of Maryland’s commercial poultry facilities since 2023.

Bird flu concerns continue to escalate on Eastern Shore with case at a commercial broiler farm in Dorchester County. Here's all to know.

Atticks said sick birds had been quarantined and that Marylanders should not change their diets because of the single bird flu case found in a person.

The widening U.S. bird flu outbreak has made its way to Maryland, which has counted two cases on commercial poultry farms—one in Caroline County and another in Queen Anne's County—since the start of the year.

A broiler farm in Dorchester County, Maryland, has received a preliminary positive test for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak transpired at the eastern New York facility.

Two cases of bird flu have been detected at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia, marking the first time the highly contagious virus has been found at the facility in its 30-year history. The cases come on the heels of at least three other recent outbreaks in the Washington region that have already killed an estimated 1 million chickens and put officials on alert.

A family-run farm in Chicago's south suburbs was grappling Wednesday with what they said was a devastating case of bird flu. Kakadoodle Farm in Matteson lost its entire flock of nearly 3,000 hens. The saga at the farm began last week,