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Questions are answered by experts at the Oregon Health Authority, other state agencies or community partners. Questions and ...
If you really want to feed wild birds, you need to have the feeder in an area that your cat or dog is not able to access.
H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...
Feed stores are selling out of baby chickens. But there are downsides to having a backyard flock, such as cost and potential ...
Does avian influenza affect wild birds? Find out if you need to take down bird feeders. Plus learn the risk to backyard ...
Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...
Researchers from the University of Minnesota are studying the presence of avian influenza in dairy cattle. This research comes after the College of Veterinary Medicine received a $1.5 million ...
A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...
John Clifford, Craig Rowles, Travis Schaal, and David Swayne distributed a proposed vaccination plan, dated April 1, 2025, to address the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) ...
Although the rate of increase appears to be falling, new outbreaks of avian influenza in commercial poultry have been ...
What avian flu precautions can I take to protect my livestock? Keep your flock away from open water sources that wild birds ...