Large-scale mortality among snow geese has led the Pennsylvania Game Commission to declare Lehigh Valley the epicenter of a ...

Health authorities need to be concerned about bird flu, but the risk to the public is low. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate medical and public health challenges ...

Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.

H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in ...

The risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza is as high as its ever been in Pennsylvania, State Veterinarian Dr. Alex Hamberg told poultry stakeholders on Jan. 23.

A farm in Long Island, New York, is being forced to euthanize its flock of more than 100,000 ducks after health officials detected cases of bird flu.

Philadelphia health officials say a goose found next to Carroll Park in West Philadelphia had highly infectious bird flu.

City health officials say the snow goose was found in West Philadelphia on Jan. 11. Preliminary state testing was positive ...

A snow goose in West Philadelphia ’s Carroll Park neighborhood is the city’s first suspected case of a highly contagious ...

Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny spent 20 days in an intensive care unit, where he was diagnosed with a ...

City officials reported on Wednesday that a goose found in West Philadelphia tested positive for highly pathogenic avian ...

Avian flu is a common illness among birds, but it can spread to humans and other mammals. The virus is shed through ...