Georgia officials halted all in-state poultry sales, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $590 million to Moderna to develop vaccines to protect people from flu strains in bird

The Georgia Department of Agriculture shut down all poultry activities, including sales and exhibitions, in the state after bird flu was detected at a commercial poultry operation. Friday, a case of H5N1,

Georgia officials suspended the sale of poultry in the state after confirming a positive case of bird flu in a commercial operation, threatening one of the state’s prime industries.