Category: Avian Influenza
Lake County. News In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian flu has forced farmers to kill millions of chickens to prevent its spread. Nearly 70 years ago, Maurice Hilleman, an expert in influenza, also worried about finding eggs. Hilleman, however, needed eggs not for his breakfast, but […]
Feb 26, 2025
Nature The global outbreak of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 highly pathogenic influenza A virus (HP H5N1) has had an unprecedented impact on wild birds including raptors, but long-term population impacts have not been addressed. To determine if raptors survive infections with HP H5N1, raptors from the upper Midwest United States were serologically tested for antibodies to […]
Feb 26, 2025
Pennsylvania: Bird flu affecting more than 600 birds at Butler County farm
TribLive The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed Butler County’s first case of bird flu. The virus was detected in a backyard flock of 610 birds. The USDA confirmed the infection on Feb. 20. It classified the farm, which was not identified by the USDA, as a kind that does not sell the birds or their eggs […]
Feb 26, 2025
A Veterinarian Who Specializes in Dairy Cows Talks About Avian Influenza
Tufts University How the H5N1 virus is affecting the nation’s cattle, according to an expert at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. In March 2024, for the first time in the United States, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus was recognized as having crossed over from birds into cattle. Experts believe the virus was transmitted […]
Feb 26, 2025
USDA Invests Up To $1 Billion to Combat Avian Flu and Reduce Egg Prices
USDA Secretary Rollins rolls out a robust strategy to deliver affordable eggs Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2025—U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced a $1 billion-dollar comprehensive strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), protect the U.S. poultry industry, and lower egg prices. This is in addition to funding already being provided to […]
Feb 26, 2025
What You Need to Know About H5N1 Bird Flu and Everyday Precautions
NY Academy of Sciences The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, is making headlines and leaving its mark on grocery shelves. Just last week, I visited two supermarkets, both completely sold out of eggs. Over at a corner bodega in NYC, a dozen eggs were going for a jaw-dropping […]
Feb 26, 2025
Bird Flu’s Spread Among Dairy Cows Appears to Be Picking Up Its Pace
Discover The first case of bird flu in cattle was reported on March 25, 2024. In less than a year, the virus has hit 973 herds, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) first issued an order to test cows that farmers intended to move between […]
Feb 26, 2025
Indiana: Bird flu claims over 100 sandhill cranes in LaPorte County, 1500 statewide
WSBT Bird flu has struck Fish Lake, as hundreds of birds, including a significant number of sandhill cranes, have dropped dead. Now the community is working to dispose of the carcasses. According to the DNR, nearly 1500 sandhill cranes have died in Indiana so far in Green County, Union County, Jasper County, La Porte County, […]
Feb 26, 2025
Killing 166 million birds hasn’t helped poultry farmers stop H5N1. Is there a better way?
Los Angeles Times When the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus made its first appearance at a U.S. poultry farm in February 2022, roughly 29,000 turkeys at an Indiana facility were sacrificed in an attempt to avert a larger outbreak. It didn’t work. Three years later, highly pathogenic avian influenza has spread to all 50 states. The number of commercial […]
Feb 26, 2025
Wyoming confirms state’s 1st human case of bird flu, bringing total to 70 across 13 states
Yahoo News Bird flu is spreading across the United States, causing egg shortages and soaring prices at supermarkets and restaurants — however, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the current public health risk is low. On Friday, the Wyoming Department of Health confirmed the state’s first human case of H5N1 bird flu. That case is the […]
Feb 19, 2025