Philadelphia health officials say a goose found next to Carroll Park in West Philadelphia had highly infectious bird flu.

Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.

The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner said.

H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in ...

California has also reported bird flu infections in cats fed raw milk or pet food. In one Los Angeles household, five cats got sick — and two died — after eating two kinds of raw pet food. Samples ...

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A farm in Long Island, New York, is being forced to euthanize its flock of more than 100,000 ducks after health officials detected cases of bird flu.

A local raptor expert is concerned about what a suspected uptick in bird flu cases in waterfowl could mean for other birds higher up the food chain.

The risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza is as high as its ever been in Pennsylvania, State Veterinarian Dr. Alex Hamberg told poultry stakeholders on Jan. 23.