California child is presumed positive for bird flu
A child in San Francisco who had red eyes and a fever had a probable case of H5N1 bird flu, according to the city’s Department of Public Health.
Bird Flu
Bird Flu Is One Step Closer to Mixing with Seasonal Flu Virus and Becoming a Pandemic Wastewater in several Californian cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, recently tested positive for bird flu. But understanding disease risk and exposure to humans isn’t so straightforward
Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment
America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.
Bird flu vaccine: What to know
Medical experts advise that people should get a vaccine for the bird flu when it becomes commercially available. One doctor said the most at-risk patients should be first.
Cats can carry bird flu: What to watch for
Though the bird flu has spread across multiple states in cattle and other birds, infections in mammals remain low, according to the CDC.
SF says bird-flu risk low after first presumptive case
San Francisco public-health officials said Friday the bird-flu risk to the general public is low following the discovery of The City’s first presumptive case. The Department of Public Health announced the discovery days after U.
Louisiana reported the first bird flu death in the US
A Louisiana patient has become the first to die of bird flu in the US. According to AP News, state health officials announced the passing, and the CDC confirmed it was the first in the country.
Presumptive case of bird flu identified in San Francisco resident
San Francisco health officials said Friday that a presumptive case of H5N1 bird flu had been identified in a San Francisco resident. The individual was a child, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH).
California man says two of his cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird flu
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Bird flu outbreak 'no risk to humans' - chief vet
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First US human death from bird flu is more serious than you may think
Two months shy of the fifth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, the US has recorded its first human ...
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What Does First U.S. Bird Flu Death Tell Experts about Disease Severity?
Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild ...
D.C. area on alert after bird flu detected in poultry in Maryland, Delaware
Concern rises after positive cases found in wild birds and poultry in Delaware’s Kent County and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
Is bird flu the next pandemic? What to know after the first H5N1 death in the US
With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the ...
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How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic
A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...
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How worried should we be about a bird flu pandemic?
The first known death from a bird flu virus in the US has sparked fears about another pandemic, yet the overall risk to the ...
As 1st bird flu death reported in US, what could happen with virus in 2025?
The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus ...
Bird flu will be the next pandemic unless health officials take 6 critical steps, experts say
In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were ...