The first commercial bird flu outbreak of 2025 has been reported in northwest Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture says it affects 240,000 laying birds at a commercial facility in O'Brien County.
After the current strain of bird flu, H5N1, reached the U.S. in 2022, more than 148 million birds have been euthanized. What is the outbreak's potential impacts on humans, the poultry industry, egg ...