The first outbreak of bird flu in nearly a year has been confirmed at a biological poultry farm in Gelderland. An estimated 23,000 laying hens will have to be destroyed after the disease was detected at a farm in Putten.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed highly pathogenic form of bird flu in a person linked to a commercial poultry operation in Clackamas County in Oregon. "There is no evidence of person-to-person transmission and the risk to the public is low,

Reports this week of a teen in British Columbia who tested positive for H5 avian influenza has renewed attention on the virus more often known as the bird flu