Discover the latest on the avian influenza outbreak affecting wild birds, poultry, dairy cows, and humans in Michigan.

State of Michigan officials have confirmed a new case of bird flu among backyard poultry in the Lansing area.

A bill introduced this week in Congress could help bring down record-high prices by changing a federal rule that forces ...

The USDA announces a $1B plan to fight avian influenza and lower record egg prices, including biosecurity, relief for farmers ...

Democratic lawmakers in Michigan are proposing more state funding to test humans, wildlife and livestock for bird flu.

A new bird flu case has been detected in a backyard flock near Lansing, Michigan, prompting adherence to biosecurity measures ...

Michigan is home to hundreds of bald eagles, with many staying year-round to feed on fish from the Great Lakes and other bodies of water. The large raptors — which just officially became the U.S.

Purple martins are returning from South America. The first "scouts" have been spotted in Michigan. What to know.

Bird flu is sweeping through egg-laying chickens in the United States at an unprecedented rate. So far in 2025, 30 million layers, as they’re known, have been culled, close to the 38 million killed ...

In today’s Health Alert, the spread of H5N1 bird flu has reached an unprecedented level, according to the United Nations Food ...

Public officials and the media blamed high egg prices on bird flu outbreaks and said containing the outbreak in supply chains would lower prices. In early March 2025, egg prices fell in the U.S., but ...

Bird flu has infected over 170 wild bird species in North America, with cases in Michigan's wildlife and dairy cattle.