Bird flu has decimated 7.4 million chickens in Pennsylvania due to an unusually cold winter, affecting local farms and the ...

Bird flu has wiped out 7.4 million chickens in Pennsylvania in the past month, a swift and devastating loss that ...

The Wyomissing Demcrat was among several state lawmakers who attended a roundtable discussion this week on the issue.

On Wednesday, Governor Josh Shapiro called Pennsylvania the epicenter of the bird flu, as the state has nearly half of the ...

As bird flu cases steadily rise in Pennsylvania, especially in Lancaster County, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker says he wants the ...

Today, Governor Josh Shapiro announced that his Administration is deploying additional resources to support the Commonwealth’s Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) response and protect ...

Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania convened a crisis response meeting this week to address a massive avian influenza outbreak in the state. Per state officials, nearly 7.6 million birds have ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro addressed the avian flu crisis affecting nearly 8 million birds in Pennsylvania, emphasizing state support for farmers and discussing potential solutions at a roundtable in Lancaster ...

Infection can also be transmitted to people by touching surfaces contaminated with infected bird mucous, saliva or feces and then touching their eyes, mouth or nose, or if liquid contaminated splashes ...

The poultry industry can anticipate yearly outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza, known as bird flu, as pockets of the highly contagious respiratory virus keep showing up on chicken farms ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro convened farmers, academic leaders, biosecurity experts and lawmakers on Tuesday to address the state’s latest avian influenza outbreak — one that accounts for more than ...

Since the outbreak's start in 2022, about 14.6 million birds in Pennsylvania have died from the virus. Roughly half of those cases occurred in the first two months of 2026.