NBC News’ Maggie Vespa joined the group for a day of bird watching. The Great Backyard Bird Count is a bird watching retreat for the blind, designed to let everyone enjoy nature.

With the pervasiveness of bird flu in wild bird populations, Lake County health officials have advised caution as dead birds continue to appear along the shores of Lake Michigan and around inland ...

The tall, slender grey birds are making their annual spring migration to northern breeding grounds. Experts say the virus could become a larger problem if it gets passed to endangered whooping ...

The flight was bound for Indianapolis when the incident occurred. A FedEx cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport after colliding with a bird ...

Two cats tested positive for bird flu in Hunterdon County, New Jersey One cat was feral, the other was indoor-outdoor The feral cat was euthanized after developing "severe disease" Humans who came ...

(AP Photo/LM Otero, File) Eggs are for sale at a grocery store in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, as bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S ...

More than 1,500 iconic sandhill cranes have been killed by bird flu in Indiana, officials say, the latest development in the spread of the highly infectious respiratory illness. Volunteers in ...

AQUEBOGUE, Long Island (WABC) -- A well-known farm on Long Island is trying to come back after having to cull an entire flock of 100,000 ducks last month because of a bird flu outbreak.

The Trump administration confirmed it is reevaluating a $590 million human bird flu vaccine contract awarded to Moderna in the waning days of the Biden administration. “While it is crucial that ...

The dismissals have already helped trigger a partial shutdown at one of the department’s research facilities, according to two USDA employees, interrupting some workers’ efforts to fight bird ...

(Bloomberg) -- US health officials are reevaluating a $590 million contract for bird flu shots that the Biden administration awarded to Moderna Inc., people familiar with the matter said.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a $1bn (£792m) plan to help US farmers combat a raging bird flu epidemic that has required them to kill millions of chickens and pushed the ...