The state is shutting down live bird markets in the city and surrounding counties after cases of bird flu were detected in seven of them over the last week. Roughly 80 live poultry markets in the five ...

Multiple cases of bird flu in chickens are forcing the closure of live poultry markets in parts of New York State, Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., announced Friday. File Photo by Monika Graff/UPI 27,523 ...

All live bird markets in Westchester, New York City and on Long Island must temporarily shut down, after bird flu detections at seven live bird markets in Queens, the Bronx, and Brooklyn, Governor ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The state of New York has issued new requirements to prevent the spread of bird flu in poultry. The initiative is geared towards birds that are sold at live markets. Earlier this ...

NEW YORK -- Live poultry markets in New York City raced to sell off all their chickens and other fowl Friday after seven cases of avian flu were detected and state officials ordered markets in the ...

On Feb. 7, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued an order to temporarily close live bird markets after cases of avian influenza, or bird flu, were detected in seven markets in Queens, Brooklyn, and ...

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NEW YORK — All live poultry markets in New York City and some of its suburbs were ordered Friday to close for a week after the detection of seven cases of avian flu, which has also hit farms ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul must shut down NYC’s live poultry markets for good, activists urged this week after visiting four recently reopened spots. “Each one of these places was worse than the last,” said ...