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.
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
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.
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.
Can the US vaccinate chickens to prevent bird flu?
Chicken meat producers remain the most resistant to vaccines because of concerns they could harm meat exports, which totaled nearly $4.7 billion last year.

Seventh bird flu case reported in Maryland

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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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The Latest on Bird Flu Research, Infected Cats, and More
No new human cases of avian influenza have been reported, and poultry infections are low so far in March. But infections in ...
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Older adults might be more resistant to bird flu infections than children, Penn research finds
Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection ...
Bird Flu Outbreak In Solapur: Crows Die From H5N1, Authorities Step Up Precautions
Solapur: Solapur has reported its first case of bird flu after laboratory tests from the High-Security Animal Disease ...
RFK Jr. Says Vaccinating Birds Against Avian Flu Will Create ‘Mutation Factories’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the worsening avian flu crisis, saying vaccinating birds turns them into “mutation factories.
Egg Prices: 10% Jump Last Month Amid Bird Flu Outbreak—Here’s What To Know
Feb. 25 The Department of Agriculture released an updated food price outlook report for the year predicting that egg prices ...
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Bird flu is in the North Country. Here's what we know about the disease
Cornell University has created the Avian Flu Resource Center to compile up-to-date information about avian flu in wildlife, ...
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Infectious diseases specialist breaks down bird flu
Bird flu could pose a threat to Americans as cases slowly rise and spread across the U.S. Dr. Arif Sarwari, infectious ...
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.