avian flu

Feed stores are selling out of baby chickens. But there are downsides to having a backyard flock, such as cost and potential exposure to bird flu.

Extreme weather is shifting the migratory patterns of birds, increasing the chances of deadly avian flu outbreaks on farms.

The Seattle Pandemic Preparedness Cohort study is designed to give a real-time snapshot of which respiratory viruses are out there and how they are evolving and spreading.

Study findings provide new details on a Caspian tern die-off near Port Townsend in 2023 and how the virus killed seals in the region, infecting their brains.

They’d been in contact with infected poultry in Franklin County. The test results aren’t final.

Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don’t see a clear way to slow the devastating virus.

Bird flu’s toll on flocks across the country has meant eggs are expensive and in short supply.

More than a million chickens at a farm in Franklin County, Washington, are set to be destroyed because of bird flu. Officials are now deliberating on how to transport, bury, compost or incinerate the birds.

Washington state agricultural officials say additional cases of bird flu have now been confirmed with the most recent in Whatcom and Okanogan counties. The state Department of Agriculture said Friday that the cases were confirmed Thursday in non-commercial backyard flocks.

The avian flu that is spreading quickly across the U.S. has been detected in Oregon for the first time since 2015, in a backyard flock of birds in a rural area. State health officials say the presence of the highly contagious virus was confirmed Friday by federal officials after state officials conducted preliminary testing.