CDC: 'Close contact' of Mo. bird flu patient also ill, but human transmission unlikely
A close contact of a Missouri resident identified as having a human case of the H5N1 avian flu also became sick around the same time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed.
Missouri reports 1st bird flu case not tied to livestock. What’s that mean for spread?
Missouri reported its first human case of the current U.S. outbreak. All other 14 cases nationwide have been livestock workers.
Missouri Bird Flu Case Raises Possibility of Human Transmission
In a disclosure that can't eliminate the possibility that bird flu may have spread from one human to another for the first time,
First case of bird flu not directly linked to sick animals is found in Missouri
So far, there have been 14 human cases of bird flu this year. All the patients — except the one from Missouri — had been linked to sick dairy cows or poultry.
How did a Missouri resident catch bird flu spreading in livestock?
A mysterious human case of the H5N1 bird flu was recently discovered in Missouri—and experts are still working to determine how the patient was infected.
New Bird Flu Cases Raise Questions About Transmissibility
A Missouri resident has developed bird flu, despite having no known contact with any infected animals or humans.
Utah's ARUP among 5 companies developing bird flu test for CDC
The CDC has picked five lab partners to develop a test for avian influenza A(H5N1) — bird flu — including ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City.
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Flu season is coming—and so is the risk of an all-new bird flu
The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.
Gross 'Food Theft' Could Be Responsible for Spread of Deadly Bird Flu
The H5N1 virus, initially restricted to Eurasia and Africa, has since spread to North and South America and even reached ...
Like birds before a storm, agribusiness industry is eerily quiet about bird flu
Birds can sense changes in the weather and often become eerily quiet before a storm. But with a new study published in ...
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Bird flu detected in San Diego County wastewater
While bird flu can be deadly for humans ... “We have the closed sewage system, so storm water runoff is not supposed to intermix with the wastewater, but, you know, we all know that’s not ...
Puffins increase on Farne Islands despite bird flu
During the avian flu outbreak in 2022 and 2023, about 10,000 birds on the Farne Islands perished. More than 900 puffin ...
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Puffins increase on Farne Islands despite bird flu
A puffin population has been declared "stable" following fears that bird flu might have had a more devastating ... they had "weathered this particular storm". Ms Jackson said: "Puffins nest ...
Bird Flu Symptoms in Humans: How to Protect Yourself and Prevent This Rare But Serious Virus
With cold and flu season approaching, it’s worth knowing about another virus out there—albeit extremely rare: bird flu. Like ...