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 ...

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 ...

Bird flu continues to play a part in higher egg prices in California. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a Dec. 27 report, said a dozen large shell eggs in the state rose to $8.97. "Demand for ...

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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now working with California on a project that is offering gift cards to encourage people to get tested or vaccinated near farms with bird flu, the ...

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 ...

A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California’s Merced County at a commercial duck operation. According to the World Organization for Animal Health — an international consortium of ...

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 ...