bird flu

The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. has temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after detecting bird flu in chickens.

The cost of Easter celebrations is nearing a historic high as inflation sends the prices of staples such as eggs and chocolate soaring.

The first cases in 2023 of avian flu, also known as bird flu, have been confirmed at a duck breeding facility in Sumter County, Georgia, Fox 5 reported Thursday.

Consumers will see record high prices when it comes to holiday turkey due to the bird flu and inflation in President Joe Biden’s (D) America.

India recorded its first bird flu death on Tuesday after an 11-year old boy in New Delhi succumbed to complications caused by an avian flu virus of the H5N1 strain, the Times of India reported on Thursday.

What may prove to be the first case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu passing to a human has been detected in China, reports said Tuesday, as local health authorities assured the world the risk of large-scale spread is “low.”

Fourteen years before China was widely accused of covering up its coronavirus outbreak, U.S. diplomatic cables confidentially charged that China attempted to hide the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza, also known as the bird flu.

A Baltimore rapper was shot and killed in what police say was a “targeted” attack shortly after hosting a charity basketball game that was organized to “pray for peace” in the violence-plagued streets.

A string of countries in Asia and north Africa have banned imports of French poultry following a bird flu outbreak, the agriculture ministry said Thursday in Paris. Algeria, China, Egypt, Japan, Morocco, South Korea, Thailand and Tunisia have stopped imports

A case of H7N7 bird flu has been confirmed at a farm in Lancashire, northern England. Authorities have set up a six-mile surveillance zone and three-mile “protection zone” to stop the disease from spreading. Sky News says H7N7 can spread

Prices for eggs and turkey meat are rising as an outbreak of bird flu in the Midwest claims an increasing number of chickens and turkeys. Market experts say grocery stores and wholesalers are trying to stock up on eggs, but there’s no need to worry about having enough turkeys for Thanksgiving.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bird flu, is a type of influenza virus that has adapted to birds but can also be transmitted to humans, often through contact with dead infected birds, or contact with infected fluids.