New York City, bird markets

While there is a nonzero chance, it is highly unlikely that a pigeon you encounter will be infected with the virus and even less likely that a human will contract bird flu from it.
A positive bird flu test and the entire flock – 100,000 ducks – was destroyed by an army of state and federal agents in ...
More than 126,800 birds in New York have been affected by the avian flu since 2022, including thousands of new infections uncovered in recent months in New York parks, commercial flocks ...