With more than 130 million birds and nearly 1,000 dairy herds affected by bird flu, you may be wondering if eating poultry, dairy and eggs is safe.

HPAI, or bird flu, is “a highly contagious airborne respiratory virus that spreads easily among birds through nasal and eye secretions, as well as manure,” according to the Department of

Major League Baseball has banned two fans who interfered with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts during a World Series game at Yankee Stadium from attending any games at big league ballparks. MLB sent a letter to Austin Capobianco and John P. Hansen this week informing them of the decision.

The U.S. will rebuild its stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry matched to the current strain of the virus circulating among commercial flocks and wild birds, the Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.

A case of bird flue has been reported at a Maryland poultry farm. It's the first reported case at a Maryland commercial poultry operation since 2023.

Maryland has recorded its first case of bird flu in more than a year, after the virus was confirmed at a Caroline County farm through “routine sampling of a broiler operation," the Maryland Department of Agriculture said Friday.

The first case of H5N1 avian influenza at a Maryland poultry operation since 2023 has been detected in Caroline County.Officials from the Maryland Department of

Maryland agriculture officials have confirmed a case of bird flu at a commercial poultry operation in Caroline County. This is the first case linked to a poultry operation in Maryland and follows two cases reported in Delaware.