Bird flu has been detected in another commercial flock in western Ohio. The USDA confirmed that 1.4 million egg-laying chickens in Mercer County are affected by the virus. This comes weeks after avian influenza was detected in a large flock in nearby Darke County.

Wildlife experts say it’s likely bird flu is to blame for more than a dozen dead and dying geese locally. A representative with the Ohio Division of Wildlife told 13 Action News someone reported counting at least 15 dead and dying geese in Bowling Green.

More cases of the avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, have been detected in Ohio in recent weeks. According to the United Nations, it has killed more than 300 million birds worldwide and one person in the U.

For the first time during the 2022-25 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak, the presence of the virus has been confirmed in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia.

Though the avian flu is — for now — affecting flocks mostly in California and the Midwest, the diminished supplies are hitting grocers in Massachusetts.

A commercial duck flock in the state of New York is the latest instance of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to be confirmed. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that the presence of HPAI was confirmed in a flock of 101,000 ducks in Suffolk County on January 17.

Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today urged healthcare providers to subtype all influenza A specimens in hospitalized patients, especially those in the intensive care unit (ICU), as soon as possible.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — More cases of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, have been detected in Ohio in recent weeks. According to the United Nations, it has killed more than 300 ...

Bird flu has been detected in another commercial flock in western Ohio. The USDA confirmed that 1.4 million egg-laying chickens in Mercer County are affected by the virus. This comes weeks after avian influenza was detected in a large flock in nearby Darke County.

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.) took the threat of avian flu head-on at a town hall at the 109th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show,

The Keystone State’s vigilance is, so far, keeping the avian flu from spreading to dairy farms.

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.) took the threat of avian flu head-on at a town hall at the 109th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show, saying that as highly pathogenic avian influenza spreads to dairy in other states,