Oregon state and federal officials are investigating positive H5N1 bird flu cases at a farm after the virus was detected in a pig in the U.S. for the first time. USDA National Veterinary Services ...

In addition, two commercial chicken farms in California’s Kings County, and a backyard flock in Tulare County, were reported infected on Tuesday. Again, the particular strains of H5N1 in those ...

Merced County has seen its first case of H5N1 bird flu, according to the Merced County Department of Public Health. The county said that the infected individual had direct contact with cattle at a ...

In partnership with state veterinarians, USDA will implement a tiered strategy to collect milk samples to better assess where ...

"To date, [the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)] has confirmed infection of 16 farmworkers with H5N1 bird flu in California," the CDC said in an update on Tuesday. "Genetic ...

H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in wastewater collected from a plant in Carson. L.A. County public health officials say the risk to the public remains low. The source of the virus has not ...

A case of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Pigs represent a ...

H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. The USDA and Oregon veterinary officials are investigating bird ...

A bird flu virus has jumped one species closer to a human outbreak. The H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in Oregon, the first instance of a swine infection in the US, officials announced on ...

Oregon state and federal officials confirmed Wednesday that H5N1 bird flu was found in a pig living Crook County—the first such swine infection reported in the current outbreak.