According to the United Nations, it has killed more than 300 million birds worldwide and one person in the U.S. Health officials still said the risk for the public is low right now but a professor at Ohio State’s College of Veterinary Medicine said the medical community has been scrambling to slow down the spread.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife suspects avian influenza may be present in area waterfowl and has collected and submitted samples from multiple dead wild birds to test for the presence of the pathogenic virus.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in two commercial meat turkey flocks in Ohio and one commercial broiler flock in Maryland. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), all three flock infections were confirmed on January 14.

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.

GREENVILLE — Darke County has been added to the list of communities across the country that have been affected by the H5N1 HPAV (High Path Avian Influenza). The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) reported the county’s first case on Dec. 27, 2024. Since then, three more listings have been added from Darke County.

CELINA - For the third day in a row, the National Veterinary Services Laboratory confirmed a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) detection in Mercer County. The case reported Thursday involved 1

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.

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

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,

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — 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 ...

For the first time since the 2022 countrywide outbreak, bird flu hit a poultry producer in Georgia, the nation’s top state for chicken production. The state Department of

The bird flu has reached the state’s prized poultry industry, with the first commercial case of bird flu hitting a producer in northeast Georgia. The state Department of Agriculture announced late Friday that a positive case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza had been confirmed at a commercial poultry operation in Elbert County.