Yahoo News provides the latest updates on the spread of bird flu in the U.S., and its effect on rising egg prices and shortages.

The order also temporarily shuts down all bird markets in Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties after 7 cases were detected in NYC poultry.

Live bird markets in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County will be shut down for a week after seven cases of avian flu in poultry were found at live bird markets in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, state officials said Friday.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state is temporarily shutting down all live bird markets in New York City and Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk Counties through February 14 after inspectors discovered seven cases of bird flu in poultry.

Authorities in New York state have temporarily closed all live poultry markets in New York City and three suburban counties after bird flu was detected at seven markets within the past week, according to a notice on as authorities nationwide track the current bird flu outbreak,

All live poultry markets in New York City and Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties are being shut down Friday after seven cases of avian flu were detected at markets in the five boroughs during routine inspections,

An exclusion zone has been placed around the commercial poultry farm near Market Weighton.

The bird flu has been detected in a Redwood City backyard.

At least one bird from a commercial poultry operation in Lancaster County has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to the state officials.

A highly contagious strain of avian influenza has reached a commercial broiler farm in Worcester County, making it the first confirmed case in the area and the ninth on the Delmarva Peninsula, agricultural officials announced.

Bird flu has been detected in a backyard poultry flock in San Mateo, local officials said Tuesday. No human cases have been linked to the flock, but the detection highlights the risk of H5N1 to people who live near,