Jan 22, 2025 · No people in Philadelphia are known to have been infected with avian influenza at this time. PHILADELPHIA—On Saturday, January 18, 2025, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health was notified by the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PA DOH) that an ill snow goose, found on the 1200 block of North 59 th Street in West Philadelphia near ...

3 days ago · Officials confirmed the first positive case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) – more commonly known as bird flu – in domestic poultry in Pennsylvania in 2025.

Jan 22, 2025 · A sick snow goose found in West Philadelphia earlier this month has tested positive for the avian influenza A(H5), making it the first bird in the city to test positive for the highly-pathogenic ...

Jan 22, 2025 · PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Department of Health said Wednesday that the city's first suspected case of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, was detected in a snow goose ...

Jan 22, 2025 · A snow goose in West Philadelphia’s Carroll Park neighborhood is the city’s first suspected case of a highly contagious avian flu spreading among birds and cattle across the country, Philadelphia health officials said Wednesday. The goose was found on Jan. 11 on the 1200 block of North 59th ...

Jan 22, 2025 · First suspected case of bird flu reported in Philadelphia 02:17. The first suspected case of bird flu was reported in Philadelphia on Wednesday after public health officials said a sick snow goose ...

Jan 22, 2025 · City officials reported on Wednesday that a goose found in West Philadelphia tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5), commonly known as bird flu.

Jan 22, 2025 · This marks Philadelphia’s first recorded case of bird flu, as a national outbreak continues to infect millions of birds a year, as well as dairy cattle, wild animals and a small number of humans. “The threat to Philadelphians from H5N1 remains low, but we are issuing this alert out of an abundance of caution,” city Department of Public ...

Jul 19, 2024 · The risk of bird flu infection in Philadelphia is also low. The reason that bird flu (also known avian influenza, H5N1 and HPAI) is in the news is that it’s making our milk-producing cows sick and people who work with affected poultry and cows have also become sick.

3 days ago · Lehigh County is roughly an hour northwest of Philadelphia. The case of bird flu, aka highly pathogenic avian influenza, was detected on a 50,000 chicken flock commercial poultry farm amid a ...