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File photograph of Holstein dairy cows (USDA, public domain); not a picture of any Yakima County farm.

Yakima's Bird Flu Death: Earlier U.S. Deaths Followed Backyard Flocks

Counting the Yakima cases correctly, comparing the death with Louisiana's and Grays Harbor's, and listing what officials have not yet said.

Health  · 2 Nov 2026, 12:36  · Sara Lindqvist
Eggs in a pulp carton. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Why Eggs Are So Cheap Right Now, and Who Is Paying for It

A rebuilt flock and softer demand turned the 2025 egg shortage into a glut. Shoppers are winning; many of the farms producing those eggs are not.

Business  · 5 Oct 2026, 12:18  · Priya Raman
A northern giant petrel in flight; the species is one of two WA seabirds confirmed with H5 avian influenza. (Illustrative)

Australia Locks Down Poultry as a Second Seabird Tests Positive for H5

A second infected seabird put Australia's biggest chicken producer into lockdown. The number that matters, for now, is two.

Health  · 22 Jun 2026, 09:22  · Sara Lindqvist
A researcher in protective gear tends to a seal pup on a beach, illustrating H5N1's toll on wildlife at Australia's Heard Island.

Australia Confirms Its First H5 Bird Flu Case on the Mainland

Authorities confirmed the deadly H5 strain of avian influenza in a migratory seabird in Western Australia, the first mainland case of a virus that has reached every other continent.

Health  · 20 Jun 2026, 14:51  · Sara Lindqvist