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 ...

At the height of annual flu season, U.S. health officials on Thursday said clinicians should more quickly ensure people who are ill don't have bird flu. While the risk to the general public ...

CDC’s Test for Bird Flu Works, but Has Issues — Researchers and lawmakers scrutinize how the agency is handling it by Arthur Allen and Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News July 26, 2024 ...

Federal health officials are encouraging farm workers who tend livestock and poultry to get vaccinated for seasonal influenza to help prevent a bird flu mutation that might spark a pandemic in people.

According to the CDC, Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses that usually spread between birds, not people. Most human cases of bird flu in the U.S. have been mild so far, ...

Risk of bird flu to humans and pets is low but precautions should still be taken, doctor says 02:50. A new CDC report shows an outbreak of bird flu among U.S. dairy and poultry workers, renewing ...

At least 68 people in the U.S. have been reported infected with bird flu in the last year, according to CDC data. All but a small handful worked closely with cows or poultry. Most caught the B3.13 ...

Both bird flu and most cases of seasonal flu now circulating are considered type A flu. ... CDC expects more than 200,000 people will be infected by the end of the season.

A San Francisco resident is the second child in the United States to contract the viral bird flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to SFGATE. A CDC spokesperson said ...

H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with infected animals or their bodily fluids, but the new ...