Clinton County authorities have reported the first cases of avian flu in Iowa for the new year. According to a news release, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has identified a case of bird flu within the state's domestic birds. According to a Monday press release, the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) was found in a backyard flock located in Clinton County.

Iowa has its first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2025. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the disease was recently confirmed in a multi-species backyard poultry flock in Clinton County.

DES MOINES, Iowa - The bird flu disaster proclamation for Worth, O’Brien, Palo Alto, Sac, and Sioux counties has been extended through February 1. Governor Kim Reynolds says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed positive cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in all five counties.

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa HHS) is reporting the first human case of avian influenza A (H5) in the state.

The outbreaks were confirmed the week before Christmas, with four total sites in four different counties affecting nearly 95,000 birds.

The person who died was older than 65 and contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.

A new case of bird flu has been confirmed in a backyard flock in Clinton County. This marks the first case of bird flu in the state for 2025 and the first in ea