3 days ago · H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers. While the current public health risk is low, CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures.

3 days ago · Nature. H5N1 is adapting to new mammalian hosts, raising the possibility of the virus spreading between humans. Ten months on from the shocking discovery that a virus usually carried by wild birds can readily infect cows, at least 68 people in North America have become ill from the pathogen and one person has died.Although many of the infections have been mild, …

Jan 17, 2025 · H5 bird flu is causing outbreaks in wild birds and poultry, other animals and sporadic human cases. Infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses in mammals have been reported. A multi-state outbreak of HPAI A (H5N1) bird flu in dairy cows was first reported on March 25, 2024.

Jun 18, 2024 · Bird flu is a disease caused by a virus that infects birds and sometimes other animals, such as foxes, seals and otters.

Jan 8, 2025 · With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were...

Jan 16, 2025 · Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the brink of human-to-human transmission, but predicting whether a virus will cross that threshold remains an uncertain science.

Jan 28, 2025 · Bird flu, or avian influenza, is spreading among livestock and other mammals in the United States, raising concerns that another pandemic may be looming. Last month, California declared a state of ...

2025 table of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases in Washington domestic birds. DATE CONFIRMED COUNTY FLOCK SIZE FLOCK TYPES BIRD TYPES; 2025 : 1/24/2025: Franklin: Large: Commercial: Chickens: Small = <100, Medium = 100-1,000, Large = 1,000+ Updated 1/24/2025 2024 Bird Flu DATE CONFIRMED COUNTY FLOCK SIZE FLOCK TYPE ...

Jan 8, 2025 · As of Jan. 6, there have been 66 human cases of bird flu reported in 10 states, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Almost all confirmed cases involve direct contact with infected cattle or infected livestock. On Tuesday, the first death of a human bird flu patient was reported in Louisiana.

3 days ago · Dozens of newly confirmed cases of avian influenza in wild birds and the first verified U.S. case of a new strain of the virus are raising concern that the bird flu crisis may be entering a troubling new phase.. Driving the news: The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week confirmed 81 detections of highly pathogenic avian flu in wild birds collected across 24 states between …

Nov 4, 2024 · CDC provides an update on its response activities related to the multistate outbreak of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, or "H5N1 bird flu," in dairy cows and other animals in the United States.

Dec 19, 2024 · Bird flu is decimating wildlife around the world and is now spreading in cows. In the handful of human cases seen so far it has been extremely deadly. The tips of Lineke Begeman's fingers are...

Health officials continue to monitor the spread of bird flu in Washington state, where notable cases emerged over 2024. The first human infections in the state were recorded this year, with...

Dec 5, 2024 · Birds have been spreading a new clade of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, 2.3.4.4b, around the world since 2021. That virus spilled over to cattle in Texas about a year ago and spread to hundreds of farms across the United States since. There have been dozens of human infections in North America.

Jun 4, 2024 · A bird flu strain that began circulating in 2020 continues to evolve globally and locally within the United States. If you're wondering what this means, understanding the basics — what bird flu is, how it spreads, whether foods are safe, and prevention tips — can help.

Dec 24, 2024 · Long listed among pathogens with pandemic potential, the bird flu’s unprecedented spread among cows marked a worrying shift.

4 days ago · If the bird flu gains the ability to spread from person to person, it could produce the next pandemic. So some flu experts are anxiously tracking changes that could make the virus airborne, ...

Dec 17, 2024 · Avian influenza has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus “is increasingly crossing species barriers”, according to UN health officers.

The bird flu virus killed 20 big cats in Washington last year and was detected in wild mammals in six counties, ... While the developments don't necessarily raise the risk of a pandemic, ...

4 days ago · Bird flu, or avian flu, as it’s also known, is an influenza that we call a zoonotic infection. That is, it’s a virus that primarily infects animals and especially birds. Birds are a major reservoir on this planet for influenza. Unfortunately, influenza can change itself genetically very easily, and so it spins off, often, lots of different ...

Jul 24, 2024 · For nearly four months, the spread of bird flu in the nation’s dairy cattle has stoked fears that, if left unchecked, the virus could eventually unleash a pandemic. The recent cluster of human...

22 hours ago · The escalating threat of avian flu has forced farmers to kill millions of chickens to prevent its spread. Nearly 70 years ago, Maurice Hilleman, an expert in influenza, also worried about finding ...

May 4, 2024 · For several decades, scientists have rung alarms that a dangerous form of bird flu had pandemic potential. As H5N1 spreads to more species, including U.S. dairy cattle, how likely is that...

1 day ago · Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza pandemic swept the world, killing 20 million to 100 million people. By 1957, when Hilleman began worrying about the egg supply ...

1 day ago · A version of the H5N1 bird flu virus known as B3.13 was confirmed in March after being introduced to cattle in late 2023, scientists said. It has infected more than 950 herds in 16 states.

1 day ago · A version of the H5N1 bird flu virus known as B3.13 was confirmed in March after being introduced to cattle in late 2023, scientists said. ... it’s important for federal officials to share promptly information about a virus that has the potential to trigger a pandemic that could “make COVID seem like a walk in the park.” “It’s a vital ...

2 days ago · Bird flu is striking chickens across the country, causing shortages and pushing up prices at retailers and restaurants. Last week, one of the nation’s largest egg producers said that hens at one ...

1 day ago · Avian influenza is so called because it is best adapted to infecting birds. But in the American fatality and the serious illness in British Columbia, the virus gained mutations during the course ...

Dec 26, 2024 · In less than two months, veterinary researchers identified the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus as the culprit. Long listed among pathogens with pandemic potential, the bird flu’s...

21 hours ago · Bird flu in cattle: Second type of strain found. What we know: A version of the H5N1 bird flu virus known as B3.13 was confirmed in March after being introduced to cattle in late 2023, scientists said. It has infected more than 950 herds in 16 states. The new version, known as D1.1, was confirmed on Jan. 31 in Nevada cattle, according to the USDA.

4 days ago · Bird flu, or avian flu, as it’s also known, is an influenza that we call a zoonotic infection. That is, it’s a virus that primarily infects animals and especially birds. Birds are a major reservoir on this planet for influenza. Unfortunately, influenza can change itself genetically very easily, and so it spins off, often, lots of different ...

3 days ago · Bird flu outbreaks led to the loss of 13.2 million egg-laying chickens in December 2024, according to the USDA’s weekly overview. Those losses, which occurred during the annual period of peak holiday egg demand, resulted in record-high prices “as producers struggled to provide a consistent supply to consumers.”

3 days ago · The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry, cows and other animals. Its growing presence in the environment increases the chances that people will be exposed, and ...