Bird Flu, Urban chicken

What is bird flu? Here's everything you need to know about the virus affecting chickens and dairy cattle
The ongoing bird flu outbreak has led to wild bird deaths, slaughtered livestock, and hazardous conditions for dairy industry workers.
Why the U.S. Doesn’t Vaccinate Poultry Against Bird Flu
Without a new policy including vaccines, the government will continue to slaughter every flock with a bird flu infection to limit the spread of the disease. Those deaths have totaled over 166 million birds in the U.S. since 2022.
How to Protect Pets and Backyard Chickens from Bird Flu
As bird flu outbreaks continue to affect animals, experts answer questions about keeping pets and their owners healthy
US Explores Bird Flu Vaccines as Egg Prices Soar
The US government is considering bird flu vaccines to prevent the mass culling of infected chickens, which has driven egg prices to nearly $6 per dozen.
Vaccinating chickens could help contain bird flu — and egg prices. Here’s why it’s rare
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for soaring egg prices.
Vaccinating poultry could help cut soaring egg prices but US remains hesitant
The move has been delayed in part because of concerns it could jeopardize chicken exports worth billions of dollars a year.
Vaccinating chickens could help egg prices but U.S. remains hesitant
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $5 a dozen.
Vaccinating chickens could help cut soaring egg prices, experts say
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced plans to spend $100 million to study bird flu vaccines to fight the disease in concert with meat chicken, egg and turkey groups.
H5N1 bird flu virus is infectious in raw milk cheese for months, posing risk to public health, study shows
Raw cheese made with milk from dairy cattle infected with bird flu can harbor infectious virus for months and may be a risk ...
Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance works to keep animals safe amid bird flu concerns
As in the name, experts say birds are under some of the highest risk right now for bird flu, but the Denver Zoo Conservation ...
Around 400,000 birds destroyed in northwestern Iowa in state's sixth bird flu infection
The fourth detection was in Sac County in northwestern Iowa on Feb. 19, where 29,665 turkeys were destroyed and the second in ...
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2 house cats caught bird flu in NYC, health officials say
Officials are urging pet owners not to feed their pets raw food or raw milk and to avoid letting them roam outside.
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Bird flu detected at commercial pullet farm in Buena Vista County
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says this case is out of a commercial pullet farm in Buena Vista ...
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Bird flu detected in commercial flock in Buena Vista Co.
BUENA VISTA COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - A case of bird flu has been detected in a commercial flock in Buena Vista County. This is ...
Bird flu-infected San Bernardino County dairy cows may have concerning new mutation
A new H5N1 bird flu mutation has appeared in a cluster of infected dairy cows. It's a genetic change that scientists say ...
2 house cats in NYC test positive for bird flu, health dept. says
New York City’s health department confirmed two cases in separate households where cats tested positive for the bird flu, officials announced Friday. Acting Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse released a ...
How Shapiro's budget would deal with bird flu in Pa. — and why GOP lawmakers want more
Pennsylvania agriculture officials call bird flu one of the primary threats facing the commonwealth's farmers.
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New York City health department investigating after 2 cats infected with bird flu
One of the kittens infected with the bird flu was an 8-month-old kitten on the Upper West Side that consumed raw chicken from ...
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New Jersey remains vigilant about bird flu amid growing number of cases
Live poultry markets in New Jersey where bird flu was found have reopened after being disinfected. Cat owners get an avian influenza warning.