bird flu

A new strain of avian flu could become a major issue that takes years to recover from.

“You just want to beat your head against the wall,” one farmer said of the Facebook groups in which people incorrectly insist the flu is fake or, maybe, a bioweapon.

Michigan officials have temporarily banned all poultry and waterfowl exhibitions amid the avian flu outbreak that’s spreading quickly across the U.S. and has prompted farms to euthanize millions of birds.

Bird flu is killing an alarming number of bald eagles and other wild birds, with many sick birds arriving at rehabilitation centers unsteady on their talons and unable to fly.

A highly contagious strain of avian flu has been detected in a human for the first time in the U.S.

A highly contagious strain of avian flu that has likely killed hundreds of birds and spread across more than two dozen states has been detected in a human for the first time in the U.S., officials said Thursday.

Illinois residents are being asked to take down bird feeders and bird baths as a virulent strain of avian flu spreads across the state, but where have outbreaks been detected and what more can you do to help?

Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely?

Avian influenza has been confirmed in a backyard poultry flock in Livingston County, the state Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said Friday, bringing to four the number of southeastern Michigan counties where the virus has been detected.

Hundreds of birds have been found dead at a suburban Chicago lake, according to wildlife officials, marking the first major avian flu outbreak in the Great Lakes region this year as experts fear hundreds more could soon be found.

Hundreds of birds have been found dead at a suburban Chicago lake, according to wildlife officials, marking the first major avian flu outbreak in the Great Lakes region this year as experts fear hundreds more could soon be found.

A Mississippi company that produces eggs in more than a dozen states says it has seen a significant impact on prices since the outbreak of bird flu.

The spread of a bird flu that is deadly to poultry raises the grisly question of how farms manage to quickly kill and dispose of millions of chickens and turkeys.

Chicago-area zoos are pulling dozens of their birds from outdoor exhibits amid the spread of this year’s highly transmissible strain of the bird flu.

Chicago-area zoos are pulling dozens of their birds from outdoor exhibits amid the spread of this year’s highly transmissible strain of the bird flu. NBC 5’s Chris Hush has the story.

Another 15,0000 chickens and 37,000 turkeys will have to be killed after bird flu spread to two more Iowa farms, state agriculture officials announced Sunday.

Iowa agriculture officials said Thursday they have confirmed another case of bird flu in a commercial turkey farm in northwest Iowa.

State agriculture officials say the confirmation of bird flu at another Iowa egg-laying farm will force the killing of more than 5 million chickens

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture confirmed Monday a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly referred to as “bird flu,” in a commercial poultry flock in the state’s Jefferson Country.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture confirmed Monday a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly referred to as “bird flu,” in a commercial poultry flock in the state’s Jefferson Country.