Iowa has seen 16 bird flu outbreaks so far in 2024, with all of them occurring in the northwestern corner of the state. Of the cases this year, 13 were cattle herds while the other three were poultry.

A highly transmissible and lethal avian flu recently infected a backyard flock of about 250 birds in Hardin County, the Iowa Department ... The last outbreak was announced March 14 and comprised ...

So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...

Each human and mammalian infection gives the virus an opportunity to mutate and evolve better ways of transmitting from ...

Humans and other animals can contract bird flu, though it hasn't been spreading person to person in Iowa at this point ... whether that's an outbreak or some sort of emergency.” ...

We take you inside the research lab at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on the front line of the fight against the avian ...

Paton, University of Iowa (THE CONVERSATION) The flu sickens millions of ... has been spreading in birds as well as in cattle. The current bird flu outbreak has infected 70 Americans and caused two ...

The avian flu outbreak has sent egg prices soaring — and increased profits for large corporate producers, which will gain ...

The continued outbreak of bird flu has resulted in the culling of more ... in egg-laying flocks across Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington.

Initially identified in China in 1996, the first major outbreak of H5 family avian flu occurred in North America in 2014-2015. This 2014 outbreak was caused by the H5N8 strain, a close relative of ...