The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible.
No human cases have been reported in New York but the virus was very common among certain wild birds on Long Island in 2022 and 2023.
With bird flu cases rising, experts put added attention on our four-legged friends, sharing what effect the disease could ...
We’re monitoring the situation very, very closely. We’ve never seen this many infections of non-bird species as we have in the U.S.," Johns Hopkins virologist Andrew Pekosz said.
Bird flu is on the rise in Oregon and across the U.S, and Bend wildlife hospital Think Wild offered guidance Tuesday on how ...
Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild ...
The U.S. has reported its first death due to bird flu, aka H5N1. How deadly is H5N1? Experts discuss bird flu fatality rate amid ongoing outbreak.
H5N1 has infected 66 people in the United States since early 2024, mostly causing mild illness. A Louisiana man was the first to get severely sick.
A mid all the bird flu news, you may not have noticed similar stories in recent weeks about tularemia cases—otherwise known ...
Bird flu has claimed its first human in the United States, but health officials say the risk remains low and there are ...
A disease expert has urged China to share infection data amid an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) which has spread ...
The first human bird flu death was reported out of Louisiana on Monday, Jan. 6. The same case was the first serious case of H5N1 in humans in the U.S.