A global outbreak of avian flu is reaching Arizona, though officials believe the public health risk remains low. According to the Centers for Disease Control, H5 bird flu has spread in wild birds ...

Avian flu or bird flu was detected in wastewater in Phoenix, Surprise and Tempe, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health confirmed on Monday. All three of the cities conduct wastewater ...

The bird flu has made a return to the Phoenix metro area, according to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. County officials said H5N1 influenza was detected in wastewater samples, which ...

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — Additional cases of bird flu have been confirmed in Arizona, this time in two geese at a park in Scottsdale. The Arizona Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory recently detected ...

Possible evidence of bird flu has been detected in three cities in Maricopa County, Arizona—Phoenix, Surprise and Tempe—through wastewater sampling. The Maricopa County Department of Public Health ...

PHOENIX — Bird flu has been detected in wastewater in multiple metro Phoenix cities, county health officials confirmed Monday. Routine wastewater surveillance in Phoenix, Tempe and Surprise — the ...

A 2026 study confirms the decline of bird populations in recent decades and looks at the causes, which may explain why you've ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A third poultry farm in Maricopa County is under quarantine after testing positive for the avian flu. Despite efforts to eliminate the spread, Arizona has already lost millions of ...