Layoffs of 10,000 Health and Human Services employees begin. Agencies devoted to seniors, minorities and HIV prevention ...

Vermont has the second lowest state fatality rate in the US (146.4 per 100K; Hawaii 112.8/100K). Mississippi (463.3/100K) and ...

We're in the fifth year of a worldwide avian flu outbreak, and there seems to be no end in sight. The standard containment ...

New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball today alerted consumers with pets to the ...

Bird flu in cats typically causes severe neurological symptoms, including blindness and seizures, along with breathing issues ...

One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have ...

Billions of birds are expected to travel across the country during spring migration, but this could result in the spread of a ...

We cannot predict the finer details of a particular outbreak or a particular storm, but we can often identify when these ...

The active and ongoing global spread of avian influenza virus has impacted more than 14 million birds in Canada and 160 ...

As warmer weather and peeping baby chicks mark the springtime return of migrating wild birds and backyard flocks, state ...

If you have sick birds in your BACKYARD flock, please report them to WSDA’s Sick Bird Hotline at 1-800-606-3056. If your farm ...

By most indications, the avian influenza outbreak that has washed over U.S. farms is at an ebb. Experts don’t seem hopeful, ...