DARE COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY) — Dare County has its first confirmed positive case of high-path avian influenza, also known as bird flu. A lab in Raleigh identified the positive sample from a backyard ...

The incident was first reported on Feb. 26, and by March 7, North Carolina’s Wildlife Resources ... carcasses did have highly pathogenic avian influenza,” Turner said.

North Carolina sits along a popular flyway for migrating birds, which can spread avian flu from farm to farm, says the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farm equipment and workers can transport it ...

How has highly pathogenic avian flu or HPAI affected the poultry industry so far in 2025? On the laying hen side alone, we've lost over 3.3 million birds in North Carolina since the start of 2025 ...

The birds amassed fans, as legions of devotees follow along on webcams each spring as falcons progress from hatching to ...

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a widespread risk to the public.

The bird flu virus remains a wild card that continues to threaten U.S. poultry and egg supplies while upping the ante with risk to human health.

North Carolina’s Farm Act is usually about ... Thanks to the risk of avian influenza in dairy herds, it suddenly became one. With his backing, the first version of this year’s Farm Act ...