HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

The CDC has a map of all the US counties impacted by H5 bird flu outbreaks. It looks a bit like a Jackson Pollock painting. The two largest flocks to have been affected numbered just over 5 million.

These cases show that bird flu in humans may not always look like the typical flu. Bird flu and pets. ... H5 strains. Most H5 viruses in wild birds and poultry are LPAI, ...

Here’s a look at avian flu. Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 ...

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at avian flu. Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains ...

News that a person in Missouri contracted H5 bird flu despite having no known contact with infected animals or birds — in other words, no evident route of infection — raises pressing questions ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, H5 bird flu has spread in wild birds worldwide this year, causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows, along with several recent human cases in ...

The first severe case of H5 avian flu in the US is a person who had been exposed to sick and dead birds in backyard flocks, according to the CDC. Bottom line advice: do not touch sick or dead ...

Experts suspect it’s the H5 bird flu, caused by a viral infection. “There shouldn’t be that number of dead birds — that sheer number of simultaneous birds that are sick and dead,” Prince ...

Kira Klebe is the director of rehabilitation for World Bird Sanctuary. She’s worked at the sanctuary since 2018, and said many things have changed because of H5 avian influenza, commonly known as bird ...

Bird flu is a type of influenza (flu) virus that typically spreads in birds and other animals. It’s rare, but it can spread to humans who are exposed to infected animals.