State agencies are issuing avian influenza (HPAI) precautions after detection of the virus in locations they manage. Although the chance of encountering a diseased animal—even less of catching or transmitting it—the safety steps are simple and procedures most readers likely already follow.

Customers in Louisiana and nationwide are dealing with egg prices going up and sparsely populated aisles at the grocery store following the spread of the bird flu in the U.S.

In a resolution introduced by Councilmember Heather Kimball, the state departments of Agriculture and Health are urged to consult with local poultry farmers to develop an avian flu response plan and consider alternatives to depopulation as the main response strategy.

The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World Organization for Animal Health. The Paris-based organization that studies animal diseases said it's the first verified U.S. case of H5N9 in poultry. The organization said the more common strain H5N1 was also found.

Egg prices expected to stay high because of limited supplies as the virus continues to infect commercial flocks nationwide.

Two different lineages are currently circulating, one carried by wild birds, the other infecting dairy farms in the US. The challenge is to find out how far the virus is evolving to adapt to humans, following the death of an American patient.

A California duck farm has culled thousands of birds as the virus seems to be trading genetics with other viruses

The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or bird flu, has resurged across Pennsylvania in recent weeks, causing significant bird mortality — particularly in wild geese. First detected in Pennsylvania

Dairy cattle in New Hampshire will soon be tested for avian flu in an effort to keep people who work with livestock safe.

Across the country, dairy producers have dumped milk and infected chickens have been killed, including millions of egg-laying hens, causing egg prices to skyrocket.

This week, the World Organization for Animal Health reported that it had been notified by the USDA that a November outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a California duck farm was caused by a strain not before seen in the United States: H5N9.

In today’s Health Alert, a new strain of bird flu - H5N9 - has been detected in the U.S. The first confirmed case was found at a commercial duck farm in California.