Bird flu detected in commercial poultry flock in Georgia, officials say
Bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia for the first time since the current outbreak began in ...
Bird flu or seasonal sickness? Here's how the CDC plans to ramp up testing
A child ill with fever and conjunctivitis in San Francisco tested positive for bird flu but had no known source of ...
Should we be panicked about bird flu? Expert says not yet
The nation's first human death due to the bird flu occurred this month, the latest development in a global outbreak that, ...
Is it seasonal influenza or bird flu? Here's how to tell
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...
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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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Yes, there is a bird flu vaccine
bird flu changes over time, so the vaccine would need to be updated with the current strain before it would be effective. Health officials haven’t deemed that necessary at this time. The Centers for ...
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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 ...
‘It’s not too late to get vaccinated' - Expert warns full impact of flu spike could continue for weeks
Dr Connor Bamford from Queen’s University shared advice on how to navigate the worst flu season in years .
Does the First U.S. Death Mean Bird Flu Is Getting More Dangerous?
A ny time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction.
Fearing another pandemic, people are prepping for bird flu. Should you?
This means when Moffitt is at the grocery store, she picks up extra gallons of water to store in case of an emergency. She ...
Bird flu brought a B.C. teen close to death. Here's what we know about H5N1
The bird flu virus that brought a Canadian teen to the “brink of death” may have mutated while inside her body to become more ...
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The mutations likely developed post-infection, the agency said
Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in ... to cells in the upper airways of humans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.