The Wayne County case involves a backyard poultry flock, the press release said. That case was confirmed after an ...

Backyard chicken enthusiasts are keeping an eye on alerts from the state’s health and agricultural departments after a person ...

The Free Press interviewed Dr. Kimberly Dodd, the dean of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, about efforts to tame the ...

Since February 8, 2022, 141.35 million birds have affected with Avian Influenza H5N1. The total number of flocks is 1,443 (662 commercial flocks and 781 backyard/hobby flocks). The disease has been ...

After serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for six years, Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, will serve the next six years in the U.S. Senate. She succeeds Sen. Debbie Stabenow, also a Democrat.

The virus impacts milk production and poses significant risks to other bird species, particularly domestic poultry as well as ...

An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t ...

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in the eastern part of the state. A backyard flock in Oakland County has tested positive ...

Egg prices are up nearly 37 percent, as the highly contagious bird flu devastates U.S. flocks. Here's what to know.

more than 133 million poultry countrywide have been impacted by avian influenza, 900-plus dairy herds and 66 people, two of whom live in Michigan. “The cases that we had were very mild,” said ...