H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation | Bird Flu | CDC - Centers for Disease ...
4 days ago · H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers. While the current public health risk is low, CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures.
Novel bird flu strain continues to threaten animal, public health
Dec 30, 2024 · As the epizootic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, more specifically avian influenza type A H5N1) spreading globally approaches its fourth year, animal and public health officials are monitoring how quickly a new variant of the H5N1 virus—the clade 2.3.4.4b viruses—can jump to new animals, including people.
Will Bird Flu Lead To A Pandemic? Virus Mutations Worry Experts
4 days ago · H5N1 bird flu, a type of avian influenza, has infected dozens of people in the U.S. and spread to 10 states and Canada this year. The first severe human case in the U.S. was confirmed in Louisiana ...
Genetic Sequences of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza …
CDC Update. December 26, 2024 – CDC has sequenced the HPAI A(H5N1) avian influenza viruses in two respiratory specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who was severely ill from an A(H5N1) virus infection. CDC received two specimens collected at the same time from the patient while they were hospitalized for severe respiratory illness: a nasopharyngeal (NP) …
Key warning signs about bird flu are all going in the wrong ... - NBC News
Dec 22, 2024 · Since this avian flu outbreak began in 2022, the virus has become widespread in wild birds, commercial poultry and wild mammals like sea lions, foxes and black bears. ... told NBC News this summer.
How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for
Dec 24, 2024 · To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, and researchers with expertise in virology, pandemics ...
Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents ... - UN News
Dec 17, 2024 · Avian influenza has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus “is increasingly crossing species barriers”, according to UN health officers.
CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update August 2, 2024
Jul 25, 2024 · Since April 2024, 13 human cases of avian influenza A (H5) infection have been reported in the United States. Four of these cases were associated with exposure to sick dairy cows and nine were associated with exposure to avian influenza A (H5N1)-infected poultry.
Current Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Outbreak - MN Dept. of Health
Current Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Outbreak. In 2022, the avian influenza A virus H5N1 was first identified in wild birds and domestic poultry flocks in the United States. This virus has continued to infect wild and domestic birds since 2022 and has also …
What to know about the bird flu outbreak in the US after ... - ABC News
Apr 25, 2024 · Avian influenza, or bird flu, is an infectious viral disease that primarily spreads among birds and is caused by infection with Influenza A viruses. These viruses typically spread among wild aquatic birds but can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species, according to the CDC.