Bird flu, or more specifically the H5N1 influenza strain, is widespread in wild birds and has been causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows in the United States, with dozens of human cases among poultry and dairy workers. Datafrom the World Health Organization shows that between January 1, ...
1997:In Hong Kong, bird flu A (H5N1) infected both chickens and humans. This was the first time that an bird flu virus had ever been found to transmit directly from birds to humans. During this outbreak eighteen people were hospitalized and six of these eighteen died. To control the outbr...
Cumulative data on cases of the currently circulating H5N1 flu shows that outbreaks have been ongoing in the United States since at least 2022 (when data started being collected on the disease in wild birds, poultry and humans; cumulative data started being collected among cattle only in March, ...
In one of the latest developments in the ongoing bird flu outbreaks, 28domestic cats in Polandhave tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, which has decimated global poultry populations, caused mass deaths among wild birds, and infectedmore than 40 mammalian...
Egg productionin the U.S. dropped 4% in November as the price of eggs and cases of bird flu continue to rise across the country, according to a report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service announced that in the mon...
But the average figure recorded by BLS demonstrates how much worse the situation has gotten in recent months, since it surpasses the previous egg price peak recorded in January 2023 at $4.82 per dozen. For more than two years, farmers have fought a battle with a fatal strain of bird flu ...
Bird flu has reached new areas of the world and has become a year-round problem, animal and disease experts warn. More than 20 experts and farmers on four continents spoke to a news agency about the problem. They suggested that record outbreaks (暴发) will not stop soon on poultry (...
Nearly 5 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have been slaughtered this year because of a persistent bird flu outbreak that began in 2022.
Eggs prices are at an all-time high because a two-year-long bird flu battle has devastated flocks of egg-laying hens.
Avian influenza (AI), also known as the “bird flu,” a disease caused by influenza type A viruses, affects a wide variety of domestic and wild birds. Based on their pathogenicity in birds, influenza A viruses are classified as either highly pathogenic or low pathogenic avian influenza viruse...