Science & Medicine
Bird flu: a reality check
Oct. 31, 2005
Health experts say we should be more concerned about regular influenza than the avian strain. As the season nears, get a shot.
California
Eight wild birds in Los Angeles County have tested positive for the avian flu, according to the county Department of Parks and Recreation.
Oct. 18, 2022
World & Nation
H5N2 avian influenza, or bird flu, has reared its head at a commercial egg-laying facility in northwest Iowa that houses as many as 5.3 million chickens, according to state officials.
April 20, 2015
Bird flu outbreaks usually taper off during summer, but this year’s version of the virus found a way to linger and began a resurgence in the fall.
Nov. 28, 2022
Business
As the top egg-producing state, Iowa is home to about 15% of the nation’s laying hens.
April 21, 2015
A majority of birds on exhibit at the Detroit Zoo are being moved indoors as a precaution against the bird flu which federal and state officials have confirmed to be in Michigan
Feb. 25, 2022
IT MUST SEEM like the sky is falling -- that it’s about to rain chaos and death as the dreaded H5N1 avian flu appears to close in.
Oct. 23, 2005
The CDC says a Colorado state prison inmate is the first person to have tested positive for bird flu in the latest U.S. outbreak.
April 29, 2022