At the time, three states had reported cases of bird flu in mammals in 2024, including striped skunks found in Washington state, a mountain lion in Montana and a raccoon in Kentucky.

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent the spread than public health agencies are By Grace Wade 13 June 2025 ...

Waffle House has implemented a surcharge for egg items on its menu amid a nationwide egg shortage due to the widespread bird flu outbreak.. The national chain, which has more than 1,900 ...

Human cases of bird flu have plateaued since February of this year, ... the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 70 human cases of bird flu across 13 states.

The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu.

In late 2023, bird flu arrived on the rocky shores of the Valdés Peninsula in Argentina, ripping through the local colony of southern elephant seals. More than 17,000 seal pups died.

Not just birds. To date, H5N1 bird flu has impacted at least 485 bird species and 48 mammal species worldwide. It is prevalent among marine mammals and seabirds that breed in large, tight-packed ...

Last year, bird flu also spread to dairy cattle. It has since struck more than 1,000 herds in 17 states and sickened 70 people, most of them dairy or cattle workers.