Although still confident the risks of avian flu to the human population are low, Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told ABC News they are taking seriouslydairy cows being infectedin at least 11 farms and, most recently,a human dairy farmer in Tex...
The newly reported infections bring the total number of human H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. to nine this year. The poultry workers were culling birds at a farm experiencing a bird flu outbreak. The CDC said it has confirmed four new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza ...
Colorized transmission electron micrograph of Avian influenza A H5N1 viruses. Credit: Public Domain The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating whether the U.S. stockpile of bird flu vaccines is still well matched to the virus after discovering recent mutations. The CDC said Frida...
“The findings support the need for active monitoring of exposed workers and testing to detect and treat [avian flu] infections, including those in persons with very mild symptoms,” concluded the research team led byAlexandra Mellis, a CDC health scientist. “These ef...
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The CDC said the child, a resident of Alameda County,tested positive for avian influenza A, H5N1, after analysis by the California Department of Public Health. The CDPH announced Tuesday that it identified the possible bird flu case in the childwho showed a "low-level detection of the virus...
A Texas dairy worker tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, or bird flu, becoming only the second case in the U.S. of a human contracting the virus since 2022. This is the first time this virus has been found in cows and appears to be the first instance of...
Still, the CDC has been tracking the spread of avian flu since outbreaks were first reported among wild and domesticated birds in the United States back in 2021. While the emergence of a strain of bird flu that has the ability to transmit easily between humans is of paramoun...
During the Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) call on June 20, 2023, CDC presenters gave a comprehensive overview of novel influenza A viruses, includingavian influenza vaccines. The CDC stated today that all novel influenza A viruses are of public health concern be...
Federal agriculture officials are looking everywhere they can think of for sources of the H5N2 bird flu. Highly pathogenic avian influenza has never spread like this before in the United States, and it's flummoxed the U.S. Department of Agriculture, farmers and scientists alike...