As more than a billion birds begin their spring migration across California to their summer breeding grounds in the north, the state's birdwatchers are getting out their binoculars, maps, and other ...

SACRAMENTO, California — The bird flu outbreak that has been ripping through California farms since August is starting to abate, state health and agriculture officials said Wednesday, heralding “good ...

A duck hunts near June Lake in October. At a commercial operation in Merced County, a new strain of bird flu has been detected. (David McNew/Getty Images) A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been ...

California is a top destination for birdwatching due to its diverse geography and abundance of bird species. Over 600 bird species, representing about two-thirds of North American bird species, can be ...

Strike highlights strain on lab technicians and poultry farmers No testing delays expected from strike, UC-Davis reallocates testing Millions of California egg-laying hens wiped out by bird flu Feb 26 ...

California county fairs and shows will no longer include poultry and dairy cattle exhibitions as the state deals with the spread of H5N1 bird flu. California county fairs and shows will no longer ...

A silent but formidable threat is spreading across Northern California’s wetlands. The mute swan, a striking white bird once ...

A child in California is presumed to have H5N1 bird flu, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). As of Dec. 23, there had been 36 confirmed human cases of bird flu in the ...

Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. Some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift cards to people in the ...

California’s new ban on poultry and dairy cattle exhibitions at fairs and shows won’t affect two of Tulare County’s largest annual ag events, and – with some luck – may not affect a third. The ban, ...

Workers at the only lab in California with the authority to confirm high-risk bird flu cases will go on a brief strike next week, claiming that years of understaffing, poor training and burnout have ...