The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

The USDA's plan to attack bird flu and lower egg prices includes $1 billion in funding, more imports and encouraging "backyard chickens."

USDA unveils a USDA Announces Top News Billion Plan To Combat Bird Flu billion plan to combat bird flu, enhance biosecurity, and stabilize egg prices in response to the evolving challenges posed by the disease.

Study reveals two indoor cats in Michigan dairy households contracted H5N1 bird flu virus, raising concerns about human transmission.

Agriculture Victoria says H7N8 strain of avian influenza has been detected at a poultry farm at Euroa

A new report details the bird flu cases of two pet cats in Michigan whose owners work in the dairy industry. Earlier in the month, a data table from the report briefly appeared on the CDC website before being taken down.

Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers exposed to bird flu died after being infected with the virus last year

The push comes as egg prices remain sky high around the nation, leaving consumers in the lurch

Learn about the rehiring of workers involved in the bird flu response by the Agriculture Department and the impact on egg and poultry farms.

The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts because they were involved in the government’s response to the ongoing bird flu outbreak that has devastated egg and poultry farms over the past three years