First Cows, Now Cats. Is Bird Flu Coming for Humans Next?
With so much H5N1 circulating in the U.S., scientists worry we are a few mutations away from a potential human pandemic.
Q&A: The spread of the bird flu virus
In a question and answer format, UC Riverside public policy professor Richard Carpiano and medical school professor Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs to discuss the policy response and medical issues concerning the bird flu threat.
What to know about bird flu in 2025, from how it's spread to symptoms and egg impacts
Bird flu has led to a wide variety of symptoms during recent outbreaks, including common flu symptoms like cough and vomiting. Many have also had conjunctivitis or pink eye as their only symptom, which experts suspect is from contaminated milk from cows infected by bird flu being splashed onto workers.
Hundreds of species infected with bird flu, not just chickens, cows, humans | Fact check
Facebook post (direct link, archive link) makes a series of claims about bird flu. "Remember they are not killing the ducks, seagulls, eagles and quail," reads text in the post. "Strangely bird flu only affects chickens,
Wyoming woman hospitalized with bird flu in third confirmed human case
A Wyoming woman hospitalized with bird flu is the state's first human case after her flock of chickens became infected and died, according to state officials.
CDC data suggests bird flu could be spreading among humans undetected
The latest CDC tracking data on bird flu suggests the virus may be spreading undetected among humans. Dr. Celine Gounder has the latest.
As bird flu continues to spread, is there a vaccine for humans?
Since the summer, the U.S. has begun preparing about 10 million doses of a vaccine that they think will be effective against H5N1 bird flu. Federal officials have elected not to u
Wyoming’s first human bird flu case confirmed
Wyoming’s first case of H5N1 avian influenza in a human has been confirmed in a Platte County older adult, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH).
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Stopgap measures against H5N1 bird flu can only go so far
Before future studies would uncover a link between Nipah outbreaks and the felling of native forests for the purposes of ...
CDC Weekly Report Back After 2-Week Halt But No H5N1 Bird Flu Info
For the first time since 1952, publication of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report was halted. It returned on Feb.
Trump’s assault on public health and the growing threat of an H5N1 bird flu pandemic
Over the past week, a series of developments have reaffirmed the imminent danger of an H5N1 “bird flu” pandemic, for which ...
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NanoViricides Drug Can Fight Bird Flu Pandemic; H5N1 Virus Cannot Escape
should a human H5N1 pandemic occur. The said article is basically an opinion that is clearly limited to partial and biased analysis of current drugs and vaccine efforts for H5N1, and demonstrates ...
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Stopping bird flu in its tracks may be RFK Jr.’s first real test. Let’s hope he meets the moment.
Now that he has been confirmed as secretary of health and human services, Kennedy must recognize his performance is a matter of life-and-death on a population scale.
Experts sound the alarm as Ohio farmworker’s bird flu sparks fear it’s the next pandemic
Bird flu has now spread to humans in a dozen states after public health officials confirmed an Ohio man had contracted the ...
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Is Now the Time to Really Worry About Bird Flu?
The virus is spreading with greater speed among animals, with transmission to humans increasing. But risk to the general ...