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How to Protect Pets and Backyard Chickens from Bird Flu
As bird flu outbreaks continue to affect animals, experts answer questions about keeping pets and their owners healthy
Bird flu detected in backyard flock in central Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Bird flu was detected Monday in a backyard flock in Dawson County, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture said. In 2025, four backyard flocks — or about 219 birds – have been impacted by bird flu, according to the state. Other cases of bird flu have been reported in Kearney, Nance and Saunders counties this year.
What is bird flu? Here's everything you need to know about the virus affecting chickens and dairy cattle
The ongoing bird flu outbreak has led to wild bird deaths, slaughtered livestock, and hazardous conditions for dairy industry workers.
Vaccinating chickens could help contain bird flu — and egg prices. Here’s why it’s rare
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for soaring egg prices.
Vaccinating poultry could help cut soaring egg prices but US remains hesitant
The move has been delayed in part because of concerns it could jeopardize chicken exports worth billions of dollars a year.
Vaccinating chickens could help egg prices but U.S. remains hesitant
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $5 a dozen.
Why is US hesitant to vaccinate against bird flu despite soaring egg prices?
Vaccines could prevent bird flu and the mass slaughter of chickens that currently leads to high egg prices. The USDA plans a $100 million study on bird flu vaccines, but concerns about chicken exports slow the process.
Vaccinating chickens could help cut soaring egg prices, experts say
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced plans to spend $100 million to study bird flu vaccines to fight the disease in concert with meat chicken, egg and turkey groups.
Wastewater testing helped track COVID-19’s spread. Bird flu might prove harder to monitor
Enter wastewater surveillance — a tool public health officials used during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor the ...
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Avian flu was in Oregon wastewater weeks before state's first bird outbreaks, study shows
Avian flu was found most often in two communities with important wild bird habitats, which the authors say points to wild ...
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Barriers to tracking bird flu mount amid federal changes
By Nina B. Elkadi for Sentient. Broadcast version by Judith Ruiz-Branch for Illinois News Connection reporting for the ...
We research infectious diseases. Arizona should take bird flu much more seriously
Bird flu is changing rapidly, increasing the chances of more humans getting sick. Arizona must do more now to contain the ...
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State voluntary pause extended 90 days for interisland transport of poultry, other bird species
Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture, in consultation with Hawai‘i Department of Health and Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources, has extended the voluntary pause on the interisland transport ...
What to know about bird flu as wild birds across Wisconsin have tested positive for the virus
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is testing additional birds in Adams, Outagamie, Racine and Waukesha counties, DNR Health Section Supervisor Jasmine Batten told the Journal Sentinel.