In Port St. Lucie, it is illegal for homeowners to raise their own chickens. Katie Whelan started a petition on Change.org to allow backyard chickens in the city.

As H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in commercial and backyard poultry across the United States continue at a brisk pace, the US ...

About 300,000 chickens have been euthanized at a farm in Franklin County in southeast Washington state, according to the ...

EGG PRICES FIRST STARTED INCREASING BETWEEN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER OF THAT YEAR, AFTER THOUSANDS OF CHICKENS WERE EUTHANIZED. BY FEBRUARY 2023, THE VIRUS AFFECTED MORE THAN 50 MILLION CHICKENS IN THE U.S ...

As of Feb. 5, bird flu was confirmed in 959 dairy herds in 16 states. How is Wisconsin faring as the strain enters fourth year?

This outbreak feels different from any other, farmers say. Egg producers and industry groups are begging for a new prevention ...

Yes. Bird flu is circulating in some wild birds in New Hampshire — especially waterfowl, like ducks and geese. But so far, it hasn’t spread to any commercial poultry flocks or dairy herds in New ...

The first human case of bird flu has been detected in Nevada. The CDC reported a Churchill County dairy farm worker tested positive.

In April 2024, as his first hens tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, Herbruck turned to the ...

Federal health officials say a dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the ...