Canada detects its 1st presumptive human H5 bird flu case

Health authorities in central China's Hunan Province have ended a week-long quarantine for 157 people who had close contacts with two confirmed bird flu cases, one of whom died.
New CDC research suggests that a small but significant percentage of dairy farmers working near infected cows have recently ...
H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.
The number of birds and animals that fell prey to major epidemics this year dropped to a three-year low because of government measures to check disease outbreaks, a senior Agriculture Ministry ...
The CDC said Thursday it is updating its recommendations for testing, treatment and protection for workers who may be exposed animals infected with bird flu.
Helen Branswell, STAT’s infectious disease reporter, has been writing about H5N1 bird flu for 20 years ... Yes, there have been nearly a couple dozen human cases, but all have had mild symptoms.
A different strain of the bird flu virus has been reported in pigs outside the US in the past, and it did not trigger a ...
The operation, dubbed Cold Meat 2, launched last week. It tracked 18,000 head of cattle raised in 100 square miles (260 ...
California has reported 16 human cases of bird flu this month, and worker advocates say the state isn’t doing enough to protect dairy workers.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want China to be less involved in medical supply chains. The health care industry says it needs more incentives to boost domestic production.
In 2024, a total of 46 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with the bird flu after being exposed to either an infected cow ...