It is the second symptomatic human case of H5N1 bird flu recorded in the UK ... “With H5N1, there’s a big unknown,” Peter Jay Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at ...

More than 156 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United States since the outbreak began in January 2022. One person has been killed.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

After dozens of birds have been found sick or dead in various locations, officials say bird flu is now believed to be widespread in the state, particularly in the southeastern region. State ...

As California’s Central Valley makes headlines for the growing number of people testing positive for the bird flu from exposure to dairy cows, Rais Vohra, MD, professor at UC San Francisco, Fresno and ...

There are about 40 million migratory aquatic waterfowl in North America, Osterholm says—which means there are plenty of potential bird-flu hosts ... and cross a busy street, and you might ...

By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu that is distinct from the version that has been spreading through herds over the last ...

Bird flu risk is low for people and there are no identified New York state human cases, but people should avoid direct contact with wild, sick or dead birds and not consume raw, unpasteurized milk ...

After dozens of birds have been found sick or dead in various locations, officials say bird flu is now believed to be widespread in the state, particularly in the southeastern region. State officials ...

Waterfowl and aquatic birds are most at risk, along with raptors that eat bird carcasses. Avian flu has also spread to dairy cows, with around 950 infected herds reported nationwide, although none ...

so those don't seem to be as big of a risk factor. But again, I would always recommend to have those well cooked anyway. Q: Earlier this month, the first person in the U.S. died from bird flu.