Avian influenza is in the same virus family as seasonal flu. Poultry has proven to be very sensitive to the virus, which ...

Two commercial laying hen flocks in Ohio have been struck by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), including one that ...

Ohio’s director of ag says the state has become a national hotspot for highly pathogenic avian influenza this year. Brian ...

In an effort to lessen the burdens caused by these conditions, the Ohio Treasurer’s office will be offering an enhanced ...

With emergencies declared for bird flu in Mercer and Darke counties, 2 NEWS is digging deeper into how the virus spreads.

According to information from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ...

An Ohio Poultry Association executive told the Ohio House Agriculture Committee that farmers “are in the fight of their lives ...

The first human case of bird flu in Ohio was reported in a farm worker from Mercer County. There have been 68 human cases of ...

Forty commercial poultry flocks in Mercer County, Ohio have been impacted by highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2025. The ...

The Ohio Department of Health has reported the state’s first probable human case of influenza A(H5), also known as Highly ...

The facility in western Ohio was licensed to house about 280,000 young hens raised to lay eggs. The destruction came amid egg shortages linked to an avian influenza outbreak. By Christine Hauser A ...

A Mercer County farm worker came into contact with dead poultry that was infected with the disease, the state's health ...