U.S. health officials have stressed that the current public health risk is low and that there is no sign that bird flu is spreading person to person. WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT? While it’s too early to quantify the potential economic impact of a bird flu outbreak, many of these latest...
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California has been hit especially hard in recent months, forcing the state todeclare astate of emergency to try to respond to the bird flu outbreak. This winter's surge of bird flu is from a different virus than the uptick ofseasonal flu infectionsthat also drives humans to emergency rooms ...
The Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo in Illinois is also taking action to protect its bird population from the outbreak. The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium adjusted the time of its bird exhibits, noting that the avian flu has the "potential to spread to other species, including mamma...
In January 2016, an outbreak of H7N8 was reported in turkeys in Indiana; eventually, nine to 10 farms became infected, and thousands of turkeys were killed and the outbreak halted. There were no reports of human infection. H5N8 bird flu has been found in birds since the 1980s and in th...
Photo taken on April 5, 2022 shows eggs for sale at a supermarket in Millbrae, California, the United States. The outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, have affected more than 20 states in the United States, causing the price of eggs to soar. (Photo...
A multi-state outbreak of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is leading to a jump in the price of eggs around the U.S. — an unhappy reminder for consumers that a range of unforeseen developments can trigger inflation. As of April 24, a dozen large grade A eggs cost an ...
Bird flu outbreak in US cows: why scientists are concerned doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01036-1NatureMax KozlovSmriti Mallapaty
Officials at the Food and Drug Administration are taking precautions in case the current strain of bird flu spreading in the U.S. jumps to humans on a large scale. The FDA commissioner testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday, saying the threat to humans is still low, but the agency is working...
Wen:Yes, some forms of bird flu can be transmitted to other animals. Since 2022 in the US, the avian flu H5N1 virus has been detected in more than200 mammals. In March 2024, a multistate outbreak of this virus was reported in dairy cattle. The person in Texas who was just diagnosed ...