All of the 31 confirmed U.S. human cases of bird flu but the one in Missouri have been among farm workers who had contact with infected poultry or dairy cows. Officials have said the risk to the general public from bird flu remains low. The CDC expects the number of confirmed cases in...
Bird flu has also been found in a part of Wisconsin closer to Chicago—though not with any human cases involved. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection said they found H5N1 in a backyard poultry flock in Kenosha County, CBS 58 Milwaukee reported. This news from...
Bird flu still represents a low risk to the general public, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. CDC has confirmed 61 human cases nationally since April, mostly in workers on dairy farms where the virus infected cattle. Workers culling infected poultry also have...
New cases of bird flu detected in Europe will likely hit other bird populations and may infect a few people, though the virus is highly unlikely to spread in the human population, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Beyond Missouri, so far this year, 10 human cases of bird flu have been reported in Colorado, two in Michigan and one in Texas amid anoutbreak in animals. Before this year, there was only one reported case of bird flu in the United States -- in a Colorado poultry wor...
The U.S. has reported 66 human cases of H5N1 bird flu since March 2024, but a recent death of a Louisiana resident marks the country’s first fatality from the virus.Digicomphoto / Science Photo Library via Getty Images The United States has reporte...
The fourth human case of bird flu linked to the current dairy cow outbreak was confirmed on Wednesday in a dairy worker in Colorado, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Previously, one human case had been reported in Texas and two human cases reported in...
What to know about bird flu amid dozens of human cases in U.S.A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, the state's health department announced Monday, marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus."The patient was over the age of 65 and was reported to...
Four new human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, infection in the state of Colorado have been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), bringing the total cases to nine since 2022. ...
A second human case of bird flu has been confirmed in Michigan, bringing the total number of cases in the U.S. this year to three, health official said.