Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry

Los Angeles, United States - February 06, 2025 More than 13 million hens have been lost or slaughtered since December as a result of the bird flu outbreak, causing the average price for a dozen eggs in the United States to jump 50 percent in the past year,

A version of the avian influenza virus different from the one rampaging through herds since last spring has been detected in dairy cows in Nevada, USDA says.

The detection indicates that distinct forms of the virus known as Type A H5N1 have spilled over from wild birds into cattle at least twice.