Highly contagious H5N1 avian flu has been confirmed in a Mississippi chicken flock. Do you know the symptoms of bird flu? The Mississippi Board of Animal Health issued a news release on Monday, Dec.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chickens stand in cages at a farm in Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall / Associated Press) When the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus made its ...

In 2026, bird flu has already been detected in six backyard flocks in Iowa. Four of those were confirmed across the span of ...

H5N1 headlines are unsettling for anyone who collects eggs from a coop instead of a carton, but they are also a practical reminder that your backyard is part of a much larger disease-control picture.

South Korea records 56 avian flu cases in 2026, with 7 new HPAI outbreaks since March. Latest H5N1 infection hits 45,000 laying hens. Learn containment measures.

A team led by UC Davis poultry scientist Huaijun Zhou has created the first comprehensive map of gene regulation in breeds of chickens. The map could be a resource for finding resistance to H5N1 ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland have received nearly $2 million in federal funding to develop and test a vaccine designed to protect chickens from avian influenza H5N1.

A team of government veterinarians with the State Veterinary Institute Prague in the Czech Republic has found possible evidence of windborne H5N1 infections in chickens. In their paper posted on the ...

Scientists recently confirmed that a variation of the avian influenza virus is responsible for sea bird deaths in Antarctica.