Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers to common questions.
Avian influenza, or bird flu, has been confirmed in multiple parts of our region, and beyond. We're digging into the facts on this flu, and how some farmers in Pennsylvania are trying to keep ...
Officials believe bird flu has killed wild and domestic birds across the state. Bird flu appears to be widespread among birds in Massachusetts, state health and environmental officials said Wednesday.
Massachusetts officials announced Wednesday that bird flu is now considered to be “widespread” in the state and urged the public to avoid handling birds or other animals that are dead or ...
In recent months, bird flu has started raising red flags among scientists and public health officials. Apoorva Mandavilli, a New York Times reporter who covers infectious diseases, explains why we ...
THEY SAY, DO NOT FEED OR EVEN TOUCH THE BIRDS. IT’S BECAUSE OF THE BIRD FLU, WHICH HAS BEEN DETECTED HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS. IT HAS NOT BEEN DETECTED IN HUMANS. NOW, MASSACHUSETTS HAS BEEN ...
A new bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza) outbreak has been discovered in California. The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California ...
The main factor that has sent egg prices rising is the bird flu, which may draw a whole new concern to your mind: are eggs even safe to eat right now? The U.S. Department of Agriculture also ...
In a troubling development, the highly pathogenic H5N9 avian flu has been detected in U.S. poultry for the first time. The outbreak occurred at a duck meat farm in Merced County, California ...
Massachusetts residents are being warned to avoid handling birds or other animals that are dead or appear to be sick, as preliminary positive cases of bird flu have now been reported across the ...
Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...
ARE DOING. THE ZOO HAS HAD PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR TEN YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO THE AVIAN FLU, AND THOSE PROTOCOLS KEEP EVOLVING. WE HAVE OVER 220 BIRDS IN OUR COLLECTION HERE AT THE ZOO, AND ANY OF ...