Influenza-free is the way to be! North Carolina poultry has been designated High Path Avian Influenza-free by the World Organization for Animal Health, allowing the state to resume exports and ...

A second case of high-path avian influenza has been confirmed in a commercial poultry operation in Sampson County, North Carolina.A flock of turkeys has tested positive for high-path avian ...

North Carolina egg and poultry producers are trying to prevent the spread of avian flu known as H5N1. Egg shortages caused by the virus have resulted in higher egg prices at the grocery store ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

OUTER BANKS, N.C. — Nearly 400 birds — mostly brown pelicans — were found dead from suspected highly pathogenic avian influenza ... biologist for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources ...

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.

New computational modeling of avian influenza variants' immunoprotein interactions—developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte—reveals the H5N1 influenza ...