H5N9 has the potential to be more virulent for birds and other farm animals, but it is important to know that it does not pose any greater risk to humans, says Rais Vohra, MD, professor at UC San ...

As the country contends with an ongoing bird flu outbreak and egg shortages, national chain restaurant Waffle House has added a 50-cent surcharge per egg to customers’ orders. Locally, Mac’s Deli in ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in four rats submitted for ...

As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to spread among animals, the discovery of infected rats in Riverside County provides ...

UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento has seen “five or 10 times more influenza (patients) than COVID (patients)” in 2025 alone, according to Dr. Dean Blumberg, the hospital’s chief of pediatric ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Four black rats in Riverside County tested positive for Bird Flu. It is the first time the H5N1 virus has been found in rats. According to the United States Department of ...

Two geese found dead in Greenwood have tested positive for H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, the Indiana Department ...

In California, eggs are more expensive due to a combination of factors including higher production costs, bird flu and the ...

Chronic staff shortages have left the California lab struggling to protect the state’s food chain from bird flu, the workers ...

The Department of Agriculture warned egg prices may increase more than 20% this year, after December saw a year-over-year ...

The latest bird flu detections come as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to rehire bird flu experts​ that were ...