Inflated food prices are already on the minds of Americans in the lead-up to the holidays, and bird flu has the potential to hinder Thanksgiving festivities, specifically. Will you be greeted by sky-high prices or poultry purchase limits when you head to the store for a holiday shop? Here's what we know.

The European Commission will ultimately decide on whether marketing authorizations under exceptional circumstances for Vaxxitek HVT+IBD+H5 and Vaxxinact H5 will be granted. These decisions are expected in the coming months, according to Boehringer Ingelheim. 1

Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, continues to be detected in wild birds across much of Washington.

Keepers with 50 or more birds will have to house them from Thursday in an effort to combat bird flu. It follows a "sharp increase" of cases of kept and wild birds with Wales now facing a "very high level" of avian flu risk. Bird flu, or avian flu, is an infectious type of influenza that spreads among birds and, in rare cases, can affect humans.

Based on the EC’s database, Germany has now recorded the most outbreaks in this category to date in 2025 at 122, followed by Hungary (107), and Poland (106), Italy (40), and France (33).

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has continued to take its toll on commercial poultry farms across much of Indiana. A recent total of 687,986 birds have been impacted by Avian Influenza (HPIA) since 2022.

A sixth case of bird flu in the space of a month has been confirmed in Suffolk. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the H5N1 virus was found at a site near Claydon on Friday.