Thirteen states have reported cases of bird flu since March 2024. The current risk to the public is low, and “there is no known person-to-person spread at this time,” the CDC said. 4.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has ...

Smith knew of nine snowy owls that died of bird flu in Massachusetts in 2022, when American officials detected the first signs of infection in wild birds since 2016. “We haven’t seen any cases ...

Data show that since 1970, the US and Canada have lost nearly 3 billion birds, a massive reduction in abundance involving hundreds of species, from beloved backyard songbirds to long-distance ...

Past societies developed a range of weird and wonderful explanations for birds’ annual disappearance. Some thought they became barnacles, others that they hibernated in cliffs. As recently as ...

Birds without natural immunity that migrate or roost together in large flocks, such as geese, are most likely to die in large numbers. A recent bird flu outbreak among migratory eared grebes in ...