Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and, now, among ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...
A new study says the flu A viral strain can adapt shape to stay infectious. Infectious disease doctors break down what this means and how to protect yourself.
A CDC study has found H5N1 bird flu antibodies in veterinarians who had no symptoms and no knowledge they had been working ...
The first human case of bird flu has been detected in Nevada. The CDC reported a Churchill County dairy farm worker tested positive.
Symptoms of H5N1 birth flu infection in humans may include pink eye, fever, fatigue, cough, muscle aches, sore throat, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, stuffy or runny nose and shortness of breath ...
In the relatively few U.S. cases of human bird flu so far recorded, symptoms have typically been mild — congestion, pink eye ...
UC San Francisco's Rais Vohra, MD, explains recent increase in reported virus infections and the risks of consuming raw cow’s ...
how concerned we need to be about bird flu, flu casing rising in Illinois, and his thoughts on the future of vaccinations if RFK is confirmed by the Senate to be the Secretary of Health and Human ...
coli and Listeria. The symptoms are like what we see with the seasonal flu except that people also develop conjunctivitis or pink eye—a common symptom of bird flu. For the general public, if they are ...
It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals. But not all influenza is the same. There are some notable differences between flu A and flu B strains.
NEW YORK - When bird flu first struck dairy cattle in 2024, it seemed possible that it might affect a few isolated herds and disappear as quickly as it had appeared. Instead, the virus has ...