Six cases of bird flu have been reported in Maryland, as of Feb. 2, according to the Department of Agriculture (MDA).

Beans are no longer the preserve of vegetarians and the salad-obsessed who seem to run on lettuce leaves alone – and for good reason: a standard tin of black beans contains as much protein as three eggs and twice the fibre in prunes. The good news: you have options.

A highly contagious strain of avian influenza has reached a commercial broiler farm in Worcester County, making it the first confirmed case in the area and the ninth on the Delmarva Peninsula, agricultural officials announced.