A duck hunts near June Lake in October. At a commercial operation in Merced County, a new strain of bird flu has been detected. (David McNew/Getty Images) A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been ...

Strike highlights strain on lab technicians and poultry farmers No testing delays expected from strike, UC-Davis reallocates testing Millions of California egg-laying hens wiped out by bird flu Feb 26 ...

A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California’s Merced County at a commercial duck operation. According to the World Organization for Animal Health — an international consortium of ...

California’s Central Valley is where many of the people most vulnerable to bird flu live and work, and where the majority of cases in humans have been found. Wastewater surveillance should be a key ...

Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. Some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift cards to people in the ...

California county fairs and shows will no longer include poultry and dairy cattle exhibitions as the state deals with the spread of H5N1 bird flu. California county fairs and shows will no longer ...

California’s new ban on poultry and dairy cattle exhibitions at fairs and shows won’t affect two of Tulare County’s largest annual ag events, and – with some luck – may not affect a third. The ban, ...

A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California's Merced County at a commercial duck operation. According to the World Organization for Animal Health — an international consortium of ...

The ban on exhibitions is expected to remain in effect until the outbreak is under control, with officials monitoring the situation closely. California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones has issued ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now working with California on a project that is offering gift cards to encourage people to get tested or vaccinated near farms with bird flu, the ...

A disturbing avian mystery is unfolding in a Northern California town where residents have reported birds "exploding." Residents of a neighborhood in the Bay Area community of Richmond, northeast of ...