The US, which has been battling the H5N1 avian influenza, announced the first case of H7N9 avian influenza detected on a poultry farm since 2017. The US reported the first outbreak of H7N9 avian influenza on a poultry farm since 2017. Battling the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak, the US announced the first H7N9 outbreak in a poultry farm in the country since 2017. In a statement by the Mississippi Animal Health Board, it was stated that “the H7N9 virus is entirely of North American and wild bird origin. It is not related to the Eurasian H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b virus currently circulating in the United States.” Additionally, the report from the World Organization for Animal Health confirmed that no infected birds entered the food system and the entire flock of over 47,000 birds was cleared of infected birds.