On her first day on the job last week, new US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins held a meeting to review the ...

For the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of H5N1 avian influenza in rats, raising ...

Three years into a nationwide avian influenza outbreak that has forced millions of egg-laying birds to be killed after ...

Extreme weather is shifting the migratory patterns of birds, increasing the chances of deadly avian flu outbreaks on farms.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said 16 civil penalties totaling almost $4,000 were issued due to the the smuggling of ...

For the first time, bird flu has been detected in rats, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed, according ...

Despite opportunity for strong margins in the U.S. poultry and egg industry, producers are uneasy as they face what may be ...

Egg lovers are getting creative. A private company — RentTheChicken.com — offers to connect consumers across the country to ...

As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to spread among animals, the discovery of infected rats in Riverside County provides ...

UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento has seen “five or 10 times more influenza (patients) than COVID (patients)” in 2025 alone, according to Dr. Dean Blumberg, the hospital’s chief of pediatric ...

In California, eggs are more expensive due to a combination of factors including higher production costs, bird flu and the ...