While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck farm in California.

Lithuania has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a laying hen farm in the western part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Wednesday.

Ulster County has reported its first confirmed outbreak of the bird flu within its borders. In an email in response to questions by the Freeman, Assistant Deputy County Executive