Less than a month after reporting its first human case of bird flu, California has confirmed that 16 people have now been infected with the disease, and a Newsweek map shows how the numbers ...

What's New. Newsweek has created a map showing which states have recorded the most human bird flu cases, after the first human case of severe bird flu was confirmed in Louisiana.. California ...

New York has shut down live poultry markets in response to detected bird flu cases. The outbreak has resulted in the culling of millions of birds nationwide. While human infections are relatively ...

Four Colorado poultry farm employees are the latest confirmed cases of bird flu – also known as Avian influenza H5N1. The U.S. total stands at nine, although another worker's test results could ...

In humans, bird flu has so far spread to the eight states listed above. However, the H5N1 virus in America is far more widespread. The CDC says that as of December 17, H5N1 has infected 10,852 ...

The risk to the public remained low, but people in close contact with dairy cattle may be at an increased risk, the state ...

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

In past outbreaks, bird flu has often been deadly in people. Dr. Kay Russo: If you look at cases worldwide of H5 influenza, the mortality rate's fifty per cent. And so we're all kind of you know ...

A small-holding owner in Pembrokeshire has spoken of her devastation, after the first case of a bird flu outbreak in Wales in ...

A case of bird flu has been confirmed in poultry in West Yorkshire. The virus was discovered at a site near Ravensthorpe, near Mirfield, on 11 June, according to the Department for Environment, Food & ...

H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak: Map Reveals Confirmed US Human Cases. Published Oct 29, 2024 at 1:39 PM EDT Updated Oct 30, 2024 at 4:26 AM EDT. By . Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K.