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Bird flu detected in 3rd Maricopa County poultry farm Arizona state officials have not identified the farm but say it's under quarantine. Angie Koehle reports from Phoenix.
The USDA is investing $1 billion to fight bird flu, including financial relief for affected farmers. But the bird flu is still certain to have a wider impact beyond the agricultural sector.
In humans, the agency lists 70 cases of bird flu and one death to date. There have been no reported cases of person-to-person spread, and the CDC classifies the public health risk as low.
Hickman's Family Farms lost 95% of its Arizona hen population, about 6 million birds, because of avian flu. The company expects layoffs and the end of its inmate labor program but its CEO doesn't ...
In late 2023, bird flu arrived on the rocky shores of the Valdés Peninsula in Argentina, ripping through the local colony of southern elephant seals. More than 17,000 seal pups died.
Migratory bird season peaks in Michigan in May. Dairy and poultry farmers worry that the birds could bring H5N1 avian influenza with them to Michigan and infect their flocks and herds.
A logo is seen in front of a unit of BRF S.A., a food producing industry, in the city of Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Vara/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights ...
Eggs are for sale at a grocery store in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, on Sunday, January 19, 2025, as bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to ...
Soaring egg prices and concerns about bird flu spreading from wild birds and cattle to humans were top of mind for many Americans at the beginning of 2025. The topic recently made its way back ...
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) -Test results for a suspected bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in the town of Anta Gorda in Rio Grande do Sul state came back negative, according to an ...
Indiana had 34 commercial poultry flocks and 11 small/hobby flocks test positive for bird flu over the past four years, including 27 cases diagnosed this year.
Earlier this year, ABC15 reported on cases of avian flu at Hickman's. At that point, the farm said it had lost more than one million egg-laying hens (20% of its flock) at one of its farms due to ...