Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that a bird flu pandemic was coming. He said

For the first time, birds in a Wayne County backyard flock have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, MDARD reported.

The University of Michigan football program has secured a significant addition to its secondary with the commitment of Louisiana cornerback Caleb Anderson through the NCAA transfer portal.

Michigan’s football program addressed two of its most pressing offseason needs in the transfer portal Sunday night. The Wolverines received commitments from UMass receiver Anthony Simpson and Louisiana cornerback Caleb Anderson,

Graduate transfer cornerback Caleb Anderson, who played under LaMar Morgan at Louisiana, verbally pledged to the Wolverines.

The Louisiana patient who contracted what officials said was the nation’s first “severe” case of avian influenza has died, the state health department said Monday. The person who contracted the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic bird flu in southwest Louisiana had been hospitalized since mid-December.

The virus has affected 344,100 birds in the last month at Michigan commercial farms on the west side of the state.

Michigan football already got one transfer portal commitment on Sunday with former UMass and Arizona wide receiver Anthony Simpson pledging to the maize and blue. But the Wolverines weren’t done getting transfer portal pledges on the day.

Former UMass, Arizona WR Anthony Simpson is coming to play for the Michigan football team.

Sources have indicated to The Michigan Insider that Louisiana cornerback Caleb Anderson has committed to Michigan as a grad transfer. The decision reportedly comes on the heels of a Friday ...