A backyard flock of birds in Vermont tested positive for bird flu last week, state officials announced Thursday. The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets said the flock of 24 birds, which were in Franklin County, tested positive for highly ...

"Low risk to human health" The agency said bird flu "is considered to be low risk to human health," but the people who came in contact with the infected birds and their surroundin

Vermont officials reported an H5N1 bird flu outbreak in a backyard flock, leading to the culling of affected birds.