Around 1 in 5 retail milk samples had tested positive for the bird flu virus, but further tests show it was not infectious.

Back to some other northern visitors to watch for: rough-legged hawk, snow buntings, common redpolls, evening grosbeaks, ...

Although no cases of bird flu were detected in humans or livestock within the state so far, the New York State Department of ...

Wild pheasant populations have plummeted in New York (as they have in much of the East) over the last few decades, leading ...

Some lawmakers hope to end a program that is meant to introduce children to field sports but that critics say makes the birds ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe ...

No human cases have been reported in New York but the virus was very common among certain wild birds on Long Island in 2022 and 2023.

Health officials have said the person was older than 65, had underlying medical problems and had been in contact with sick ...

Bald eagles, Carolina wrens and more were once rare to spot in the Hudson Valley. Christmas Bird Counts help experts track ...

The U.S. has experienced its first death from bird flu (H5N1). The death happened in a Louisiana patient who contracted H5N1 after being exposed to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and ...

A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu in December of last year, marking the first known ...