Nearly two million U.S. turkeys have died from bird flu in recent months. An agricultural economist explains what ongoing outbreaks could mean for Thanksgiving meals

The impact of avian flu and related restrictions - after the first case was confirmed in Nottinghamshire - has been described as "heartbreaking". Wide-ranging controls have been ordered after a highly infectious strain of the disease was detected in UK birds.

A Grays Harbor County resident has a preliminary positive test for avian influenza, the first possible human case in Washington this year, officials say.

It is not yet clear how much of an impact these rising cases of bird flu could have on costs. As experts have said, if cases continue to surge, there could be ripple effects through the market, reaching the prices consumers pay for certain products in grocery stores.

Keepers with 50 or more birds will have to house them from Thursday in an effort to combat bird flu. It follows a "sharp increase" of cases of kept and wild birds with Wales now facing a "very high level" of avian flu risk.

Germany has already recorded in 2025 its highest number of bird flu outbreaks in three years and there is no relief in sight, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute for Animal Diseases said, as Europe witnessed a sharp resurgence of the deadly disease.

Bird flu has been detected in three more Ottawa County commercial poultry flocks, bringing the total county cases in 2025 to 10.

Since first being detected in Newfoundland in 2021, a subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI A(H5Nx), has had a dramatic impact on North America.