As avian flu spreads, health experts raise concern over the disposal of infected poultry birds
CDC issues warning about bird flu cases Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel talks about what you need to know about bird flu and the importance of not looking directly at the solar eclipse without the right glasses. The CDC’s principal deputy director and other health experts stressed the importance of wearing protective gear […]
US health officials confirm four new bird flu cases in Colorado poultry workers
Four poultry workers in Colorado have been infected with avian flu, health officials confirmed Sunday. The new cases bring the total number of cases in the U.S. to nine since the first case was identified at a Colorado poultry farm in 2022. Eight of the nine cases were reported this year. Their symptoms were relatively […]
Massive Fire At Free-Range Illinois Poultry Farm Leaves Up To A Million Chickens Dead
An inferno broke out at a poultry farm in southern Illinois Wednesday evening, killing millions of chickens, according to statements and reports. The blaze erupted at the Wabash Valley Produce Farm in Farina, Republican Illinois State Rep. Blaine Wilhour said in a statement late Wednesday. It started just before 7 p.m. and required the intervention […]
Mississippi mother sues poultry factory where 16-year-old son died in workplace accident
The mother of a 16-year-old boy who died in a work accident at a Mississippi poultry plant is suing the company that employed him for failing to follow safety standards that could have prevented his death. . In court papers filed last week in Forrest County Circuit Court, an attorney for Edilma Perez Ramirez said […]
Poultry plant slapped with $213K fine after 16-year-old died in deboning machine, the second fatality at plant in 2 years
Last summer, OSHA fined a U.S. poultry company more than $200,000 after a teenager too young to work at a Mississippi factory died while cleaning dangerous equipment. In July, 16-year-old Duvan Thomas Perez was cleaning out a deboning machine at the Marjak poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, about 120 miles north of the Gulf Coast. […]
Poultry plant slapped by feds after underage worker dies in deboning machine mishap
A Mississippi poultry factory where an underage worker was dragged into machinery and beaten to death over the summer was solely responsible for the horrific incident, federal regulators have ruled after an investigation. A “disregard for safety standards” at Hattiesburg's Mah Jack poultry plant directly led to the death of Duvan Thomas Perez in July, […]
Avian flu surges in Northern California, threatening national poultry, egg supplies
Farms across California have had to euthanize millions of chickens and ducks in recent weeks as an avian influenza outbreak threatens to disrupt the nation's poultry and egg supplies. While cases are occurring across the United States, agricultural hubs in Northern California have suffered some of the biggest losses in the past month. “There are […]