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How do you get the bird flu? Here's what medical experts want you to know about prevention and care.
Even though the 2024-2025 migratory bird season is winding down, concerns about highly pathogenic avian influenza — commonly known as bird flu — remain. The public is paying attention. Consumers are ...
A Michigan animal sanctuary owner alleged state authorities were inhumane when they culled her birds. She changed the state's H5N1 depopulation code.
Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or bird flu, is an extremely contagious airborne respiratory virus that spreads quickly among birds through nasal and eye secretions and manure droppings.
With more than 130 million birds and nearly 1,000 dairy herds affected by bird flu, you may be wondering if eating poultry, dairy and eggs is safe. Here's what we know about its risk to our food.
Bird flu — avian influenza — is a viral infection that has caused severe illness and death in wild and domestic birds since 2022. Of interest: What are the symptoms of bird flu?
Avian flu is not just for the birds; cases have been reported in the United States in dairy cows, as well as types of cats, a fox, a seal, and most recently, rats and domestic indoor cats ...
All the flu pandemics of the 20th century, however, including the disastrous 1918 influenza that killed 20 million people, began in birds.
On dogs, birds and pigs: Addressing reader concerns about bird flu Why it’s so concerning that a pig has contracted the H5N1 virus.
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With reports of the first human death from bird flu, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19.