Bird flu is spreading across Indiana. Since the start of the year, it has hit twelve farms and affected more than six million birds.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is calling this multi-year bird flu outbreak the largest animal health emergency in U.S. history. The flu is widespread among birds worldwide, it's infecting poultry and U.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources confirms it is closely watching Henderson and Union counties amid concerns the disease may spread.

The U.S. is in peak flu season, as the CDC releases a map of influenza activity across the country. See which states are at the highest risk of flu activity.

Braun put out a statement underlining that the state was monitoring both the impact of the outbreak on farmers and any risk of human exposure.

Flu cases are climbing across the country and right here in central Indiana. The CDC reports a majority of those cases are Influenza A. Experts are now saying this is one of the worst flu seasons in a very long time.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is monitoring a recent confirmation of chronic wasting disease in a deer in southwest Indiana near the Kentucky border. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is caused by abnormal proteins that affect white-tailed deer,