Bird flu death: Here's what you need to know about H5N1 virus
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bird flu death: Here's what you need to know about H5N1 virus

India TV News  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a person has died of H5N1 bird flu in the United States. Bird flu infection doesn't spread from one person to the other and it spreads from animals and birds to humans. H5N1 bird flu is an infection that spreads in birds and other animals. Symptoms of bird flu Pink eye Fever Fatigue Cough Muscle aches Sore throat Nausea and vomiting Diarrhea Stuffy or runny nose Shortness of breath. Wear protective clothing when working with birds, wild animals and livestock Wash your hands frequently when handling birds, wild animals and livestock or after being in areas where they live Don’t work with animals who are sick or who’ve been exposed to avian influenza Take your shoes off before entering your home if you’ve been in areas where birds like waterfowl or chickens live Don’t touch or drink unpasteurized milk Get a seasonal flu shot.

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Government on high alert as deadly bird flu jumps species AGAIN - after first human death in US
2 days, 3 hours ago

Government on high alert as deadly bird flu jumps species AGAIN - after first human death in US

Daily Mail  

Experts have issued a stark warning after the world's first case of bird flu in sheep was detected on the UK farm, triggering a Government alert. Bird flu can cause severe illness, including pneumonia, and even death—with experts on high alert amid fears it could trigger a human pandemic. Pictured here: dead cows at a Californian dairy farm In March …

How to Protect Your Cats (and Backyard Chickens) From Bird Flu
55 years, 2 months ago

How to Protect Your Cats (and Backyard Chickens) From Bird Flu

Wired  

A nationwide egg shortage has sent prices soaring at your local grocery store—and the culprit is H5N1 bird flu. The reported number of US pets impacted by bird flu is relatively low, but cases of H5N1 in domestic cats are rising across the country. “We are likely seeing an undercount of cases of H5 bird flu in pets, as not …

Bird flu alert in US: H7N9 strain detected in poultry farm for first time since 2017
1 week, 1 day ago

Bird flu alert in US: H7N9 strain detected in poultry farm for first time since 2017

Live Mint  

The United States reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country continues to grapple with another bird flu strain that has infected humans and caused egg prices to hit record highs. The spread of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has ravaged flocks around the world, disrupting supply and …

Solapur On High Alert After Crow Deaths Confirm Bird Flu
1 week, 4 days ago

Solapur On High Alert After Crow Deaths Confirm Bird Flu

ABP News  

An outbreak of Avian Influenza in Solapur in Maharashtra has caused the authorities to be on high alert after multiple deaths of crows over the last few days were confirmed to be caused by bird flu. The Solapur Municipal Corporation and Animal Husbandry Department have intensified preventive measures after test reports from the Bhopal laboratory confirmed the presence of the …

10,000 chickens die in Karnataka's Ballari, bird flu alert issued
3 weeks, 1 day ago

10,000 chickens die in Karnataka's Ballari, bird flu alert issued

New Indian Express  

BALLARI: Around 10,000 chickens have died in poultry farms in Ballari district in the wake of the spread of H5N1 virus, commonly called bird flu, after it spread in Andhra Pradesh which borders Ballari district. Ballari deputy commissioner Prashanth Kumar Mishra has instructed the authorities to train poultry workers in handling the birds in the present situation and sounded an …

Killing 166 million birds hasn’t helped poultry farmers stop H5N1. Is there a better way?
1 month ago

Killing 166 million birds hasn’t helped poultry farmers stop H5N1. Is there a better way?

LA Times  

When the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus made its first appearance at a U.S. poultry farm in February 2022, roughly 29,000 turkeys at an Indiana facility were sacrificed in an attempt to avert a larger outbreak. “People talk about common-sense solutions to bird flu,” said Dr. Maurice Pitesky, a veterinarian and commercial poultry expert at UC Davis. “There’s a reason …

2 people hospitalised with bird flu in Wyoming and Ohio, potential emergence of deadlier virus sparks fear
1 month ago

2 people hospitalised with bird flu in Wyoming and Ohio, potential emergence of deadlier virus sparks fear

Hindustan Times  

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said in a routine flu update that two people, in Wyoming and Ohio, have been hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu. 2 people hospitalised with bird flu in Wyoming and Ohio, CDC confirms “This shows that H5N1 can be very severe and we should not assume that it will always be mild,” …

US bird flu outbreak concerns continue as health agencies face cuts and information delays
1 month ago

US bird flu outbreak concerns continue as health agencies face cuts and information delays

ABC  

An ongoing avian influenza outbreak in the US shows no signs of abating, as thousands of staff at the nation's leading health and science agencies have been cut. Prior to Mr Trump's inauguration, Dr Adalja participated in calls every few weeks with scientific experts at the CDC and USDA to discuss the bird flu outbreak. Australia's surveillance of bird flu …

New study warns hundreds could be infected with H5N1 bird flu without symptoms: Are you at risk?
1 month ago

New study warns hundreds could be infected with H5N1 bird flu without symptoms: Are you at risk?

Hindustan Times  

A new study shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians. In those studies, several of the infected workers remembered having symptoms of H5N1 bird flu, while none of the veterinarians in the new paper recalled any such symptoms. The new study is more evidence that the official US tally of confirmed human bird flu infections …

Trump administration scrambles to rehire 'accidentally' fired bird flu experts: report
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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump administration scrambles to rehire 'accidentally' fired bird flu experts: report

Raw Story  

The Department of Agriculture is quickly flailing to rehire the bird flu experts they just "accidentally" fired, NBC News reported on Tuesday. "USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service frontline positions are considered public safety positions, and we are continuing to hire the workforce necessary to ensure the safety and adequate supply of food to fulfill our statutory mission." President Donald …

Bird Flu Spreads: Wyoming reports first human infection
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1 month, 1 week ago

Bird Flu Spreads: Wyoming reports first human infection

India Today  

An older woman in southeast Wyoming is hospitalized with bird flu, state health department officials said Friday. Nearly 70 people in the U.S. have been reported infected with bird flu in the last year, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though researchers and studies suggest that’s likely an undercount. The woman, who lives in …

Woman hospitalized in Wyoming with H5N1 bird blu
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1 month, 1 week ago

Woman hospitalized in Wyoming with H5N1 bird blu

LA Times  

A technician performs tests on chickens for bird flu in 2006 at the Best Live Poultry & Fish store in Sylmar. A woman in Wyoming was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, according to health officials who say she was likely infected by handling sickened birds in a backyard flock. According to a statement from Wyoming’s public health department, the woman …

Experts Warn of Bird Flu Spreading to Humans
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1 month, 1 week ago

Experts Warn of Bird Flu Spreading to Humans

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the avian flu spreading among dairy animals and poultry, there is an emerging concern about whether the disease can also spread to humans. Although direct human infections with 'highly pathogenic Avian influenza’ HPAI A virus are rare, unprotected exposure to infected animals or contaminated environments significantly increases the risk of infection. As per the recent World Health Organisation …

Some people didn’t know they had a bird flu infection, study of veterinarians suggests
1 month, 1 week ago

Some people didn’t know they had a bird flu infection, study of veterinarians suggests

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A new study shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians. In those studies, several of the infected workers remembered having symptoms of H5N1 bird flu, while none of the veterinarians in the new paper recalled any such symptoms. The new study is more evidence that the official U.S. tally of confirmed human …

Bird flu infections went undetected in veterinarians, CDC study shows
1 month, 1 week ago

Bird flu infections went undetected in veterinarians, CDC study shows

CNN  

CNN — Blood testing of large-animal veterinarians suggests that H5N1 bird flu has sp The study comes as Ohio announced its first human case of H5N1 in a poultry worker who was hospitalized with respiratory symptoms but has since recovered. Blood tests in veterinarians For the research, called a seroprevalence study because it looks for evidence of infections in the …

New strain of bird flu is detected in a Nevada dairy worker, CDC says
1 month, 2 weeks ago

New strain of bird flu is detected in a Nevada dairy worker, CDC says

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A dairy worker in Nevada was infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year, federal health officials said Monday. At least 68 people in the U.S. have been reported infected with bird flu in the last year, according to CDC data. But …

New H5N1 bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy worker as new data shows changes in virus
1 month, 2 weeks ago

New H5N1 bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy worker as new data shows changes in virus

LA Times  

A dairy worker in Nevada may have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu known to have killed one person and severely sickened another. Last week, federal health officials announced that at least four dairy herds in Nevada had been infected by a strain of the H5N1 bird flu that is circulating in wild birds and that led …

Egg farmers warn they’re losing battle against bird flu
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Egg farmers warn they’re losing battle against bird flu

Raw Story  

Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast. “The one we’re battling today is unique,” said David Swayne, former director of the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and a leading national expert in avian influenza. Even “the best biosecurity in the world” hasn’t been enough to save large commercial farms …

It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild
1 month, 2 weeks ago

It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild

NPR  

It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild toggle caption Ralph Venstreets/University of California, Davis A little over a year ago, Marcela Uhart was walking on the beach in Punta Delgada, Argentina. "We've gone from this concept of dead birds don't fly to this new virus that seems to be a bit more like dead …

Live poultry markets ordered shut in New York City due to bird flu outbreak
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Live poultry markets ordered shut in New York City due to bird flu outbreak

LA Times  

All live poultry markets in New York City and some of its suburbs were ordered Friday to close for a week after the detection of seven cases of avian flu, which has also hit farms nationwide, led to the slaughter of millions of birds and driven up egg prices. The order came after birds infected with the virus were found …

Second type of bird flu detected in US dairy cows
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Second type of bird flu detected in US dairy cows

Associated Press  

Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year, Agriculture Department officials said Wednesday. A version of the H5N1 bird flu virus known as B3.13 was confirmed in March after being introduced to cattle in late 2023, scientists said. “Now we …

Experts are anxious that bird flu could become airborne — and jump-start another pandemic
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Experts are anxious that bird flu could become airborne — and jump-start another pandemic

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Could H5N1 bird flu become airborne and spread between people? Previous …

Trump administration’s communication freeze restricted access to critical bird flu information
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump administration’s communication freeze restricted access to critical bird flu information

Salon  

For the last four years, the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, has been ravaging wild bird populations, spilling over into other species and infecting poultry and dairy cows. Researchers and public health officials have been putting forth efforts to better understand how bird flu is passed between species to keep it from mutating into something that could become …

For the first time, H5N9 strain of bird flu detected in U.S. poultry
1 month, 3 weeks ago

For the first time, H5N9 strain of bird flu detected in U.S. poultry

Salon  

On Monday, the U.S. reported an outbreak of bird flu called H5N9 that is different from the H5N1 strain that is currently surging across the country. The outbreak occurred in a flock of commercial ducks in California, the epicenter of the bird flu crisis, according to a report from the World Organisation for Animal Health. Health officials found H5N9 on …

The US Has Bird Flu Vaccines. Here’s Why You Can’t Get One
55 years, 2 months ago

The US Has Bird Flu Vaccines. Here’s Why You Can’t Get One

Wired  

As avian influenza rages through birds and dairy cattle across the United States, Georgia has become the latest state to detect the virus in a commercial poultry flock, and on Friday, it halted all poultry sales to mitigate further spread of the disease. The ongoing outbreak in animals has also led to at least 67 human cases of bird flu, …

What to know about protecting your cat from bird flu
2 months ago

What to know about protecting your cat from bird flu

NPR  

What to know about protecting your cat from bird flu toggle caption eclipse_images/iStockphoto/Getty Images Your orange tabby might be a vicious mouser. Also last month, Los Angeles County's public health department confirmed two cats tested positive for bird flu after drinking raw milk from the Raw Farm dairy in California's Central Valley. If a cat does seem sick, Sykes says …

Bird flu mutating very fast: Health experts warn after first human death in US
2 months ago

Bird flu mutating very fast: Health experts warn after first human death in US

India Today  

Scientists have raised alarm bells after the first H5N1 death in the US was reported in January 2025, following exposure to infected chickens. Researchers have identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain in another infected person in Texas, US. After conducting experiments on mice, they revealed that the new strain has become quite adept at replicating in human cells, …

Is it seasonal influenza or bird flu? Here's how to tell
2 months, 1 week ago

Is it seasonal influenza or bird flu? Here's how to tell

Salon  

Last month, researchers published a report in the New England Journal of Medicine detailing how a 13-year-old in Canada fought for her life after contracting a severe bird flu infection from an unknown source. Further testing suggested she had a high viral load of a novel influenza A infection, which researchers eventually discovered to be avian flu caused by the …

Is bird flu the next pandemic? What to know after the first H5N1 death in the US
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Is bird flu the next pandemic? What to know after the first H5N1 death in the US

CNN  

CNN — With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking about a new virus that was sending people to the hospital with respiratory infections. Scientists also know a lot more about H5N1 bird flu than they …

The First US Bird Flu Death Is a Stark Warning
55 years, 2 months ago

The First US Bird Flu Death Is a Stark Warning

Wired  

Yesterday, health officials in Louisiana announced that a patient who was hospitalized with severe bird flu in December has died. A total of 66 people in the US tested positive for bird flu in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The more virus there is in our environment, the more chances there are for it to …

First Bird Flu Death In US: 66-Yr-Old Dies Of H5N1 Virus As US Gears Up To Contain Spread
2 months, 2 weeks ago

First Bird Flu Death In US: 66-Yr-Old Dies Of H5N1 Virus As US Gears Up To Contain Spread

ABP News  

Bird Flu: A US man aged 66 has died after battling a bird flu infection for almost three weeks, the country’s apex health body, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has reported. The US health authority states that while the death from H5N1 bird flu is tragic, it is not unexpected because of the known potential for infection with …

First US bird flu death reported in Louisiana, 65-yr-old man ‘was in contact with sick, dead birds’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

First US bird flu death reported in Louisiana, 65-yr-old man ‘was in contact with sick, dead birds’

Hindustan Times  

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. State health officials announced the death on Monday, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed it was the nation's first due to bird flu. Since March, 66 confirmed bird flu infections have been reported in the …

US records its first human death from bird flu
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

US records its first human death from bird flu

Live Mint  

The first human death linked to bird flu has been reported in the United States, health authorities in Louisiana announced Monday, while noting the patient had underlying medical conditions. ‘Risk of Human-to-Human Transmission Low’ The announcement in mid-December of the patient being in “critical condition” sparked alarm that the United States could see an outbreak of a possible bird flu …

US records its first human death from bird flu
2 months, 2 weeks ago

US records its first human death from bird flu

Deccan Chronicle  

Louisiana health authorities on Monday reported the first human death in the United States linked to bird flu, while noting the patient had underlying medical conditions and that general risks to the public remained "low. "While the current public health risk for the general public remains low, people who work with birds, poultry or cows, or have recreational exposure to …

US reports first bird flu-related human death in Louisiana, health authorities issue statement
2 months, 2 weeks ago

US reports first bird flu-related human death in Louisiana, health authorities issue statement

India TV News  

Bird flu in US: The United States has recorded its first human fatality linked to bird flu, as confirmed by Louisiana's Department of Health. In an official statement, the Louisiana Department of Health stated the patient, who had been hospitalised after contracting H5N1 from exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds, has passed away. The …

US reports first bird flu-related death after 65-year-old succumbs in Louisiana
Top News
2 months, 2 weeks ago

US reports first bird flu-related death after 65-year-old succumbs in Louisiana

India Today  

A US patient who had been hospitalised with H5N1 bird flu has died, the Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday, marking the country's first reported human death from the virus. The patient, who has not been identified, was hospitalised with the virus on December 18 after exposure to a combination of backyard chickens and wild birds, Louisiana health officials …

Louisiana person is the first US bird flu death, health officials say
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Louisiana person is the first US bird flu death, health officials say

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first U.S. bird …

America's first human death from bird flu reported in Louisiana
2 months, 2 weeks ago

America's first human death from bird flu reported in Louisiana

Raw Story  

Bird flu continues to spread across the United States after jumping from chickens and turkeys to cow milk and humans. The first death was reported this week in Louisiana after a 65-year-old man with underlying medical conditions succumbed to the flu. CNN reported that a recent study by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigated the first …

US suffers first H5N1 bird flu death: Patient in Louisiana dies from virus dubbed 'biggest pandemic threat'
2 months, 2 weeks ago

US suffers first H5N1 bird flu death: Patient in Louisiana dies from virus dubbed 'biggest pandemic threat'

Daily Mail  

The first US bird flu death has been reported as officials confirmed Monday a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms died. Since March, 66 confirmed bird flu infections have been reported in the US, but previous illnesses have been mild and most have been detected among farmworkers exposed to sick poultry or dairy cows. The …

First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana
2 months, 2 weeks ago

First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. Since March, 66 confirmed bird flu infections have been reported in the U.S., but previous illnesses have been mild and most have been detected among farmworkers exposed to sick poultry or dairy cows. The bird …

First bird flu death reported in the U.S., according to the CDC
2 months, 2 weeks ago

First bird flu death reported in the U.S., according to the CDC

NPR  

First bird flu death reported in the U.S., according to the CDC toggle caption Callista Images/Getty Images The U.S. has recorded its first death of a person infected with bird flu. Sponsor Message "We have 20-plus years of data showing that it's a pretty nasty virus," said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of …

US reports first death linked to bird flu in Louisiana
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

US reports first death linked to bird flu in Louisiana

Al Jazeera  

The late patient had been hospitalised in December with severe respiratory symptoms after contact with infected birds. The United States has recorded its first death from bird flu after a 65-year-old patient who was hospitalised on December 18 passed away. “Current general public health risk remains low.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed 66 human cases in …

First U.S. death from bird flu reported in Louisiana
2 months, 2 weeks ago

First U.S. death from bird flu reported in Louisiana

Salon  

On Monday, the Louisiana Department of Health reported that a patient with a severe case of bird flu, caused by the H5N1 virus, had died from their infection, a first for the United States. Even before the patient died, their case made headlines for several reasons: bird flu is raging across North America, swamping dairy and poultry farms and causing …

America’s first bird flu death reported in Louisiana
2 months, 2 weeks ago

America’s first bird flu death reported in Louisiana

CNN  

CNN — The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. Since 2003, there have been roughly 900 human bird flu infections reported globally, and about half of those people have died, according to the World Health Organization. The Louisiana patient was infected with …

First U.S. fatality from bird flu reported in Louisiana
2 months, 2 weeks ago

First U.S. fatality from bird flu reported in Louisiana

LA Times  

This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles, grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney epithelial cells. A Louisiana resident infected by H5N1 bird flu has died, state authorities there reported Monday, marking the first U.S. death from the disease. It would be wrong …

Canadian teen with bird flu was on life support, new report reveals
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Canadian teen with bird flu was on life support, new report reveals

Salon  

In November, a teenager in British Columbia was infected and hospitalized with bird flu, caused by the H5N1 virus. “This was a healthy teenager prior to this, so no underlying conditions,” said British Columbia’s health officer, Bonnie Henry, at a news conference at the time. “It just reminds us that in young people this is a virus that can progress …

H5N1 Kills 3 Tigers, 1 Leopard at Nagpur Animal Rescue Centre. Bird Flu Red Alert Across Maharashtra Zoos
2 months, 3 weeks ago

H5N1 Kills 3 Tigers, 1 Leopard at Nagpur Animal Rescue Centre. Bird Flu Red Alert Across Maharashtra Zoos

ABP News  

Bird Flu: The wildlife authorities in Maharashtra have issued a state-wide red alert as three tigers and a sub-adult leopard have died after contracting the highly pathogenic avian flu H5N1 virus at Gorewada Rescue Centre in Nagpur. Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, is a highly contagious viral disease that primarily affects poultry and wild birds, but can occasionally …

‘Worrisome’ mutations found in H5N1 bird flu virus isolated from Canadian teenager
2 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Worrisome’ mutations found in H5N1 bird flu virus isolated from Canadian teenager

LA Times  

A California Department of Food and Agriculture technician perform tests on chickens for bird flu in 2006 at the Best Live Poultry & Fish store in Sylmar. The fate of a Canadian teenager who was infected with H5N1 bird flu in early November, and subsequently admitted to an intensive care unit, has finally been revealed: She has fully recovered. But …

"Concerning" bird flu mutations in Louisiana patient underscores pandemic potential of H5N1
2 months, 3 weeks ago

"Concerning" bird flu mutations in Louisiana patient underscores pandemic potential of H5N1

Salon  

In 2024, at least 66 human cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States, each one raising the risk of another pandemic like COVID-19. However, the public health agency said that the risk to the general public from the outbreak “has not changed and remains low.” Related Three mysterious bird flu cases worry experts that another pandemic …

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