But the case of the Canadian teen — the only patient in North America ... birds in backyard flocks on his property. The weeks and months ahead are critical. The prevalence of seasonal flu ...

The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world ... farmers look for ways to curb the annual bird flu outbreak. Stricter protocols and vaccines ...

Recent outbreaks underscore the persistent and unpredictable nature of the bird flu threat. In November 2024, Canada reported its first human H5N1 case, drawing attention to the virus's spread in ...

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Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

While not to commonly found in humans, the first bird flu fatality in America occurred in early January.

Avian influenza, or “bird flu,” is a disease caused by influenza A viruses that spread widely among wild birds, and can cause outbreaks in commercial and backyard poultry flocks. Though there ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts and is likely present even in places where there has not been a confirmed positive, state environmental and health officials said Wednesday.

As cases of H5N1, also known as avian flu or bird flu, continue to surface across the U.S., safety precautions are ramping up. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...