3 days ago · The live bird markets that did not have a detection of bird flu must sell all of their inventory within three days, Jola Szubielski, a spokesperson for the New York State Department of Agriculture ...

3 days ago · New York State inspectors closed seven establishments for five days on average after they were hit by bird flu — not all were H5N1 — in 2022 and 2023, but allowed them to reopen after cleaning ...

1 day ago · It calls for markets that have not tested positive for bird flu to sell down all inventory and shut down for five days after the cleaning process in New York City, plus Westchester, Suffolk and ...

3 days ago · New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered live poultry markets to close in NYC, Westchester County and on Long Island, and remain shut for days. It comes as bird flu continues to spread throughout ...

3 days ago · NEW YORK - Gov. Kathy Hochul ... Bird flu cost the government at least $660 million by Feb. 2023, The Associated Press reported at the time, and has raised the price of eggs and poultry.

3 days ago · O n Feb. 7, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued an order to temporarily close live bird markets after cases of avian influenza, or bird flu, were detected in seven markets in Queens, Brooklyn ...

3 days ago · Despite growing attention on the avian flu, New York City’s poultry markets appeared to be doing brisk business Friday. Outside the Wallabout Poultry market in Brooklyn, a line of customers took numbers and picked their chickens, which employees snatched from crowded cages, weighing them upside down, before bringing them to a backroom to be slaughtered.

3 days ago · The order came after seven cases of bird flu were found in poultry during routine inspections of live bird markets in the New York City boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.

3 days ago · Bird flu outbreak closes poultry markets in NYC. New York state officials have ordered a one-week shutdown of live bird markets in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester after positive cases ...

Avian influenza (AI), also called avian flu or bird flu, is caused by a group of viruses that occur naturally in wild birds. A virus is pathogenic if it can cause illness or death. Some avian influenza viruses can infect birds but not cause many bird illnesses or deaths.