State agencies are issuing avian influenza (HPAI) precautions after detection of the virus in locations they manage. Although the chance of encountering a diseased animal—even less of catching or transmitting it—the safety steps are simple and procedures most readers likely already follow.

A man died Monday in Louisiana after contracting the bird flu virus after being exposed to birds. By December the CDC had identified at least 65 human infections of avian flu in the United States, more than half (36) in the state of California,

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

State agricultural officials have suspended all poultry exhibitions, shows, swaps, meets, and sales at flea markets or auction markets in response to the ongoing threat of avian flu. In a Thursday press release,

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

The Indiana State Board of Animal Health confirmed over the weekend the detection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, at a commercial egg layer in Jackson County.

The human case in the West Midlands was detected after the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) identified an outbreak of bird flu (H5N1) in a flock of birds. UKHSA carried out routine monitoring on people who had been in close contact with the infected birds and were able to detect the case.

The United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry on a duck farm in California, Reuters reported, citing the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) on Monday.

Nebraska Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday that the first cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu for 2025 have been detected in central Nebraska.

Minnesota and Iowa were added to the National Milk Testing Strategy on Jan. 8. There are now 36 states involved in the testing for the avian influenza virus.

Depopulation is not a new strategy unique to former President Joe Biden’s administration. It also was USDA policy during President Donald Trump’s first term. See the sources for this fact-check President Donald Trump promised to lower prices for groceries,