Millions of Americans enjoy feeding and watching backyard birds. Many people make a point of putting food out in winter, when birds needs extra energy, and spring, when many species build nests ...
Sixty-six of the flocks are commercial flocks, and 49 are backyard flocks. More than 8 million of the affected birds come from California, data show. The rapid spread of the H5N1 bird flu prompted ...
Cook would drive west to San Francisco, where he and his wife, Donna, lived the other half of the year. Come April, he’d return, as would the birds. “I like being back here with the eagles,” he said.
The patient contracted H5N1 "after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds," the department said. An extensive public health investigation found no other H5N1 ...