3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (656+ words) A commercial breeder facility in Becker County, Minnesota, reported an outbreak among 4, 300 birds, which is the second avian flu detection in the county this month. In Indiana, commercial duck facilities in La Grange and Elkhart counties reported outbreaks involving more…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (995+ words) While most respondents to a survey of US backyard flock owners had heard of avian influenza, about one third didn't know the signs or symptoms of infection in birds or people, highlighting the need for risk messaging and educational resources....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (488+ words) The largest, most recent confirmation comes from Elkhart, Indiana, where 29, 800 birds at a commercial duck meat facility were hit with the H5 N1 strain. Becker, Minnesota, reported an outbreak at a commercial breeder operation affecting 19, 200 birds." La Grange County, Indiana, has had…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (733+ words) Sampling on 14 California dairy farms positive for H5 N1 avian influenza uncovers infectious virus in the air of milking parlors and wastewater, viral RNA in cows" exhaled breath and milk, and antibodies in the milk of seemingly healthy cows, per a'study published…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (580+ words) Alesia Davydava / i Stock In the first quarter of 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) has tracked 13 avian and swine influenza cases in people, including one previously unreported fatal case of H5 N1 in a child from Bangladesh." The detections include four human…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (996+ words) The milking cows were the first avian flu detections in cattle since a Wisconsin report in December 2025. The new detection comes almost exactly two years since US officials first recorded avian influenza in dairy cattle. In related news in Emerging…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (612+ words) Today's Hong Kong's Centre for Health'Protection (CHP) recorded two new H9 N2 human avian influenza cases with symptom onsets in January and February.' The H9 N2 cases include a 3-year-old boy from Guangdong province who got sick on January 20 and a 63-year-old man from…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (654+ words) Two facilities in Elkhart County, a duck meat operation and table egg operation, reported outbreaks affecting 4, 800 and 91, 200 birds, respectively. In La Grange County, 15, 300 birds at a commercial duck meat operation were also hit with avian flu." In the past 30 days,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1151+ words) The most recent three notifications came from Elkhart and La Grange counties, and involved over 20, 000 commercial duck meat birds. Earlier this week Adams County, Elkhart, and La Grange counties also reported duck meat outbreaks affecting 3, 000 to 8, 600 birds. The only commercial…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (636+ words) The Italian Ministry of Health has confirmed Europe's first human case of low-pathogenicity avian" influenza A(H9 N2), in a person from the Lombardy region." The patient is hospitalized, and was described as being in poor health prior to infection. The patient…...