In humans, the virus usually causes mild to moderate symptoms, including eye infection and upper respiratory symptoms, but can develop into severe illness and death. Though H5N1 has fueled much of the ...

including eye infection and upper respiratory symptoms, but can develop into severe illness and death. Though H5N1 has fueled much of the current bird flu outbreak, it is not the only bird flu ...

Our communicable disease nurses have trained on how to collect eye swabs, which are better at diagnosing human bird flu infections than nose and throat swabs, and our Public Health Lab is prepared ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

Now, Crescent Duck Farm is the only one left. It produced a million ducks a year, until two weeks ago, when bird flu shut the farm down. Corwin said, "I saw a flock one day that was great ...

Symptoms of H5N1 bird flu infection in humans may include pink eye, fever, fatigue, cough, muscle aches, sore throat, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, stuffy or runny nose and shortness of breath ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...

Parks Canada says it has found a confirmed case of bird flu in a Canada goose at Rouge National Urban Park and suspects five more. A preliminary diagnostic report of a dead goose by the ...

However, eight days after Sophie was born at the Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), it was discovered that a swab had been left inside Aisha, putting her at risk of potentially ...

Cold Temperatures Promote Spread of a Bird Pink Eye Pathogen at Winter Feeders Feb. 11, 2025 — A recent study by two biological science researchers found that a pathogen for bird pink eye ...