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April 30, 2024 | 10:53 AM

Report: Pa. chicken plant pollutes waterways with millions of pounds of nitrogen, phosphorus

A Tyson Foods plant in Lancaster County is one of several Tyson plants that researchers say discharged pollutants by piping wastewater into waterways.

By Zoë Read/WHYY

December 2, 2022 | 5:45 AM

What we know about the deadliest U.S. bird flu outbreak in history

The losses stretch across the U.S. — more than 1 million birds have been killed in Pennsylvania and 10 other states that stretch from Utah to the Midwest and on to Delaware,

By Bill Chappell/NPR

April 25, 2022 | 5:21 AM

Bird flu drives free-range hens indoors to protect poultry in Pennsylvania and other states

Bird flu cases have been identified in commercial chicken and turkey farms or in backyard flocks in the commonwealth and 28 other states.

By David Pitt/The Associated Press

March 27, 2022 | 7:40 AM

Avian flu is infecting U.S. poultry flocks. It could affect the price of chicken, too

If the virus continues to spread, it could affect poultry prices — already higher amid widespread inflation.

By Laurel Wamsley/NPR

May 23, 2021 | 11:52 AM

Don’t kiss your chickens, the CDC says in a salmonella warning

Cuddling chickens can be dangerous

By Catherine Whelan/NPR

March 29, 2018 | 6:16 PM

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Report: Pa. chicken plant pollutes waterways with millions of pounds of nitrogen, phosphorus

What we know about the deadliest U.S. bird flu outbreak in history

Bird flu drives free-range hens indoors to protect poultry in Pennsylvania and other states

Avian flu is infecting U.S. poultry flocks. It could affect the price of chicken, too

Don’t kiss your chickens, the CDC says in a salmonella warning

Bell & Evans to more than double its use of chicken farms for new plant

Adams County SPCA reports seizing 133 animals in ‘deplorable conditions’

Bell & Evans prepares to open first-of-its-kind hatchery in the midstate

Poultry owners urged to have a bird flu plan