Beyond the Barnyard: How H5N1 Is Crossing Species—and Borders (Infection Control Today) During the August 2025 Health Watch USA(sm) webinar entitled “Combating Infectious Disease Challenges,” several lectures were devoted to the then-outdated topic of H5N1 or the bird flu. Many people in the public, including those on social media, attributed the disappearance of the bird flu over the summer months to the implementation of… Read more Indiana: Bird flu spreads to total of 15 farms (WISHTV) Two more duck operations in northern Indiana and a hobby flock of mixed species in the Indianapolis metropolitan area are the latest to be quarantined with bird flu, the state’s Board of Animal Health said Tuesday night. A commercial meat duck operation with 20,772 birds in Elkhart County and another with 4,837 birds in… Read more Over 93,000 birds affected by bird flu in recent outbreak (Indiana Public Media) More than 93,000 Indiana birds have caught the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture. Currently, the USDA reports six Indiana commercial flocks and three backyard flocks have been affected by bird flu. Elkhart County has an active case, with 6,900 affected birds. All… Read more Reports of bird flu in farm animals raise concerns about the virus (NPR) Cases of bird flu have been reported in farm animals across the