The virus is spreading among animals, while viral mutations raise concerns about potential adaptation to human hosts.

Avian influenza has been detected on a farm near the Central Kootenay community of Edgewood.

WILLMAR — Three commercial turkey flocks in Chippewa, Fillmore and Stearns counties are among the latest to be infected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as HPAI or bird flu.

Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) remains a low risk to the general public, and public health experts in the United States believe that available treatments and vaccines, as ...

APHIS classifies the flock as a commercial operation – the state’s first since the U.S. outbreak began in 2022.