The Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced it is offering grants of up to $500,000 to help livestock producers in the state prevent the spread of bird flu on their farms. Farmers can request ...

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Yearly outbreaks of avian influenza, known as bird flu, are becoming the "new norm," as pockets of the highly contagious respiratory virus keep showing up on chicken farms on the Eastern Shore and in ...

As Americans across the country enjoyed the holidays this year, they encountered higher grocery prices, including for turkey. Food price inflation is one culprit. However, there’s another significant ...

MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP / AFP via Getty Images As birds fly south for the winter, they’re carrying with them some unwelcome cargo: the H5N1 virus, or bird flu. In the past 30 days, the virus has struck 66 ...

As more people are hospitalized with bird flu, here's what's going on with vaccines for humans.

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with a strain of bird flu that has not been seen in humans before, according to the Washington State Health Department. Since 2024, there have been 70 ...

At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) could lead to the next pandemic. A ...

Dead birds have been washing up in Ohio waterways, and the state confirmed two reports of bird flu. More on symptoms and recent dead bird sightings.

Grocery stores are eating turkey costs this Thanksgiving. A surge in bird flu cases has spiked wholesale turkey prices for groceries and retailers, data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows.