evidence: A bird flu outbreak that has infiltrated six continents and is wreaking havoc in U.S. farms is among a group of avian influenza flu viruses first described in Italy in 1878 as a "fowl plague." [...] - Four ducks harvested by hunters North and South Carolina test positive for the virus, the first bird flu infection among wild birds in the U.S. since 2016. [...] March – April 2024 - Viral infections occur for the first time in juvenile goats on a Minnesota farm where a poultry flock tested positive.