A backyard flock in Vermont was sickened with H5N1, agricultural officials said on Thursday, following other reports of bird flu-related animal deaths this month beyond commercial farms and wildlife.

"Low risk to human health" The agency said bird flu "is considered to be low risk to human health," but the people who came in contact with the infected birds and their surroundin

Vermont officials reported an H5N1 bird flu outbreak in a backyard flock, leading to the culling of affected birds.