Avian influenza isn't new to Arizona, but it may be the first time in several years Valley citizens are hearing about the disease. Anne Justice-Allen, state wildlife veterinarian for Arizona Game ...

State health officials emphasize that there is no evidence that human-to-human transmission of bird flu — avian influenza H5N1 — is happening in Arizona or anywhere in the U.S. to date.

The US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the nation's first H5N1 avian flu ...

A specific subtype of bird flu, caused by the avian influenza A(H5) virus, is spreading worldwide in wild birds and causing sporadic outbreaks in U.S. poultry and dairy cows, according to Centers ...

State health officials emphasize that there is no evidence that human-to-human transmission of bird flu — avian influenza H5N1 — is happening in Arizona or anywhere in the U.S. to date.

Hickman's Family Farms plans to lay off at least 85 employees in August after an avian flu outbreak forced them to euthanize 6 million chickens.

Wastewater monitoring in three sites in Arizona, including Phoenix, detected influenza A (H5). Scottsdale viewed from Pinnacle Peak trail in Arizona, near Phoenix, from June 2024, with an image of ...

More than 160 million wild and domestic birds have been infected with bird flu across the United States since 2022. One Arizona farmer says vaccinating chickens against avian influenza would help ...

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

In response to a new strain of influenza reported in China, the Arizona State Laboratory has obtained H7N9 influenza test kits from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with one of those farmers, Glenn Hickman, president and CEO of Hickman’s Family Farms in Arizona. This segment aired on February 21, 2025. Here & Now ...