North Carolina poultry has been designated High Path Avian Influenza-free by the World Organization for Animal Health ...

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said the status change is welcome when it comes to trade, but he added that the virus ...

Exports and international trade of North Carolina poultry is resuming following declaration of the state being free of High ...

The avian flu virus continues to affect poultry producers and dairy farms in 2025. In North Carolina alone, the virus has ...

So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...

Some people already consume raw milk by purchasing it as pet feed or by traveling to states where it’s legal. “It’s like the raw milk underground,” said a bill sponsor.

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive contact. “Holy cow,” says Thomas Friedrich, a virologist at the University ...

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...