All live poultry markets in New York City, Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk counties were temporarily shut down on Friday after seven bird flu cases were detected, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said.

An activist group said their complaints about alleged violations at San Francisco "wet markets" have fallen on deaf ears.

Wet markets sell live wildlife, often in unnatural and unsanitary conditions. Zoonotic diseases — diseases that jump from animals to humans — are responsible for 60% of emerging infectious diseases, ...

For example, wet markets are the only places where you can get a live chicken. The chicken is slaughtered at the market and you take it straight home to cook. Supermarkets have only unappetising ...

The order affects roughly 80 markets in New York City and in several nearby counties. New Jersey is also asking its live ...

conducted monthly surveys of all 17 wet market shops in the city selling live wild animals for food and pets. Xaio was attempting to trace a tick-borne virus, SFTS — severe fever with ...

The Australian government is calling for the G20 countries to take action on wildlife wet markets, calling them a "biosecurity and human health risk". Australia is not yet calling for a ban - but ...