The United States is grappling with a surge in bird flu cases, marked by a significant rise in human infections across multiple states. The outbreak, primarily affecting agricultural workers who ...

They are the first three reports in 2024 in the state. The large operation with the bird flu outbreak in Franklin County has not been identified by state or Tri-Cities officials, but it follows a ...

Also known as bird flu, avian flu, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) or H5N1 (for the identity of two of its genes), this virus has circulated among wild birds for millions of years.

On Monday, Washington’s department of health reported four presumptive mild cases of humans contracting the bird flu in Franklin County, located in the southeast part of the state. On Thursday ...

NEW YORK — Health officials said Thursday that there's no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after investigating a mysterious infection in Missouri. The illness reported last month ...

There are 31 confirmed cases of bird flu in the country, and experts are concerned that cases may continue to rise, giving opportunities for the flu to mutate, The New York Times reported Oct. 24.

FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A second person in Missouri who wasn't exposed to either poultry or dairy cows has been infected with bird flu, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday confirmed two of the four presumptive positive bird flu cases among poultry farm workers in Washington state. The agency also ruled ...

Testing showed a Missouri bird flu patient did not infect the people around them, federal health officials said Thursday, a sign that the virus is not spreading among humans in a dreaded scenario ...

NBC Universal, Inc. The bird flu virus hasn’t yet spread from person to person, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, releasing findings from a monthslong probe into a ...