Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

A research study from the United States suggests that bird flu could have spread amongst cattle through the air or ...

The H5N1 bird flu isn’t new. The CDC says the virus was first identified in Southern China in domestic waterfowl in 1996. In 1997, it spread to 18 people in China and Hong Kong. Six of those ...

Bird flu has spread far and wide, infecting a range of species like chickens, skunks, cows, foxes and polar bears. But it's the pigs that have experts on high alert.

For example, an outbreak in 2003 of the H7N7 bird flu virus in the Netherlands led to the destruction of more than 30 million birds, around a third of the country's poultry stock.

Avian influenza (“bird flu”) was first described in the late 1800s. It’s a highly transmissible and usually mild disease of wild birds such as geese, swans, seagulls, shorebirds, and also ...

Bird flu began spreading in late 2021. In late 2021, experts sounded the alarm on the rapid spread of H5N1 or the avian flu. By April 2022, experts warned the virus was "rapidly becoming a global ...

As of April 2025, the bird flu has spread across more than 23 states and there have been more than 130 confirmed cases of avian influenza (specifically the H5N1 variant) in domestic cats.

As the avian flu continues to spread, some people may be wondering if it is still safe to use their bird feeder. Here's what the experts say.

This article was originally published with the title “Could Bird Flu Spread between Humans? Here’s What It Would Take” in Digital Issues Vol. 2 No. 1 (August 2025) ...

More than 156 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United States since the outbreak began in January 2022. As for humans, 67 people have been infected, ...