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Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.

H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in ...

The risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza is as high as its ever been in Pennsylvania, State Veterinarian Dr. Alex Hamberg told poultry stakeholders on Jan. 23.

A local raptor expert is concerned about what a suspected uptick in bird flu cases in waterfowl could mean for other birds higher up the food chain.

Philadelphia health officials say a goose found next to Carroll Park in West Philadelphia had highly infectious bird flu.