Credit: REUTERS/Bobby Yip According to the Centers for Disease Control, bird flu viruses (including H5N1) can be transmitted to humans and animals through contact with infected birds, which shed ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu among poultry and dairy cattle across the United States, the country has recorded its first human death due the virus known as avian influenza A or H5N1. On Jan. 6 ...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), known in lay terms as bird flu, poses a growing global health concern owing to its potential for widespread transmission and human infection. While primarily ...

There have been 67 confirmed human bird flu cases in the U.S. since April 2024. Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of ...

Moreover, bird flu has negatively affected many livestock and cattle along the West Coast, especially in California. Though rare, humans can contract bird flu. Last week, the first human bird flu ...

This comes amid the rising number of human cases of bird flu linked to dairy cows and poultry. Dr. Nirav Shah, the CDC’s principal deputy director, during a media briefing, said that the ...

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

Subscribe Now Dr. Goldman says even though the first bird flu death in the U.S. was recently reported in Louisiana, you shouldn’t worry. “There’s no evidence of human-to-human transmission, ...

The CDC has confirmed 66 human cases of bird flu in the U.S., but no human-to-human transmission has been detected. The outbreak has severely impacted the American egg industry, leading to near ...

For example, compare the nests built by the California condor to that of the ruby-throated hummingbird. The largest bird in North America ... find them nesting in human areas such as chimneys ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu among poultry and dairy cattle across the United States, the country has recorded its first human death ... the WHO said. In comparison, seasonal influenza ...