Seven elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for bird flu. About 30 seals have died in what officials call a small, early-stage outbreak. Public tours are canceled.

Officials confirmed the third and fourth cases of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, in Iowa this year. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS)

Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania convened a crisis response meeting this week to address a massive avian influenza outbreak in the state. Per state officials, nearly 7.6 million birds have contracted the virus thus far, causing major concerns for both the poultry industry as well as local communities with regard to the highly contagious virus.

The Boston Public Health Commission said on X that the “risk of human infection is currently low” and reminded residents not to feed, touch or remove birds from city parks, according to Boston 25 News. Instead, people are asked to use the state reporting form or call 311 if they see sick, injured or dead birds.

Pockets of the bird flu, a highly contagious respiratory virus, keep showing up on chicken farms on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and in other states each year.

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been found in backyard flocks in Van Buren and Keokuk Counties, according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and