The comment comes days after the Minnesota Department of Health sent layoff notices to 170 employees connected to federal ...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine received a $1.5 million cooperative agreement grant from the Department of Agriculture to work on collaborative projects a ...

Meanwhile, bird migrations in the Great Lakes region are worsening the problem. Loss of wetlands is pushing birds closer to farms, increasing the risk of outbreaks. Experts emphasize that vaccination ...

Federal funding cuts force the Minnesota Dept. of Health to lay off 170 employees, affecting public health services.

Minnesota is one of 23 states suing the Trump administration over the federal COVID aid freeze. Grant money helped the state ...

Great Lakes farms have become a hot spot for bird flu, killing millions of birds and raising fears of a human pandemic.

Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine received a $1.5 million cooperative agreement grant from the Department of Agriculture to work on collaborative projects a ...

Chicken rentals are soaring as Americans look to make their egg sourcing as local as their backyard. Just don’t expect to ...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine received a $1.5 million cooperative agreement grant from USDA to work on collaborative projects on avian influenza. The ...

Over 35 million birds, mostly egglayers, have been lost in the United States by highly pathogenic avian influenza since Jan.

STEARNS CTY., Minn. — Bird flu was detected in a Stearns County dairy herd. On Monday, March 24, 2025, H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed in samples collected as part of Minnesota’s milk surveillance ...