Missouri reported its first confirmed human case of bird flu in a person who reported no exposure to animals, the state's health department said Friday. The case brings the national total to 14 so far this year,
Texas officials have reported a rare case of bird flu in a person who was exposed to dairy cattle. The infection is not a concern for the commercial milk supply, as pasteurization kills avian flu viruses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the case and stated ...
12 months and 70 cases since the first human bird flu infection: Are we any safer? One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have been at least 70 cases since then. 1 month ago Wholesale price of eggs drop...
(B)As many countries worry about a possible outbreak of bird flu in humans, there remains a health concern that is closer to home. Many doctors are worried that we are overusing antibiotics to treat common diseases.After penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1929, drugs saved lots...
Before this year, one case of bird flu was detected in a person, a Colorado poultry worker who fell ill in 2022. Most cases this year have been detected in workers who had contact with cattle or poultry in Colorado, Michigan and Texas. A person in Missouri was also infected, ...
Two people have tested positive for avian influenza after being exposed to cows thought to be infected with the virus
In February 2021, Russia announced that they detected avian flu strain H5N8 infecting humans. Currently, there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission. In May 2021, a person was diagnosed with an H10N3 strain, the first time this rare strain was known to infect a human. Currently, ...
Health officials have confirmed the first case of severe illness in the U.S. caused by bird flu. And California Gov.
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.
No one who has gotten H5N1 in the US is known to have given the infection to anyone else. For that reason, the CDC estimates that the current risk to the public is low, but there are certain occupations and situations that can increase a person’s risk of catching bird flu. Related ...