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 …

H5 bird flu is causing outbreaks in wild birds and poultry, other animals and sporadic human cases.

Dec 30, 2024 · Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses that usually spread between birds, not people. One subtype of bird flu, caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus, is spreading worldwide in wild birds and causing sporadic outbreaks in U.S. poultry and dairy cows.

May 28, 2024 · H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with two cases of H5 in U.S. dairy 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.

Jan 23, 2025 · H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in domestic cats

Dec 20, 2024 · Most human cases of bird flu, caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus, in the United States have been mild, so far, and most were in people who had known exposure to sick or infected animals. The severity of illness associated with …

CDC has guidance for specific groups of people with exposure to poultry and other potentially infected animals, including poultry or dairy workers, for example, and people responding to bird flu outbreaks.

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients hospitalized with...

Dec 27, 2024 · A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case of the illness, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week.

16 hours ago · The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.