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Bird Flu Virus in Canadian Teen Shows Mutations That Could Help It Spread Among Humans
FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 – In a development that health experts have warned might come, Canadian officials report that the bird flu virus isolated from a sick teen in Vancouver shows mutations that...
California Child Tests Positive for Bird Flu
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 – A child in California has tested positive for bird flu, despite having no known contact with infected animals, state officials reported Tuesday. "California...
Canadian Teen Hospitalized in Critical Condition With Bird Flu
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 – Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced that a teen in British Columbia has been hospitalized in...
Bird Flu Is Decimating Elephant Seal Colonies
TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 – The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd populations, a new report finds. "It is likely that more...
Bird Flu Infects 1 in 14 Dairy Workers Exposed; CDC Urges Better Protections
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 – About 7% of dairy workers exposed to the avian flu that is spreading through U.S. herds have become infected themselves, federal experts estimate. That number highlights...
Flu-Linked Hospitalization Rates Vary Across Seasons, Highest in Adults 65+
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30 2024 – Influenza-associated hospitalization rates vary across seasons, and only returned to recent pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels in the 2022-2023 influenza season, according to...
Bird Flu Infection Confirmed in a Pig for First Time in U.S.
THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 – Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in poultry and dairy cows in the United States, a case of H5N1 has now been confirmed for the first time in a pig. "The U.S. Department...
CDC Confirms Second Human Bird Flu Case in Missouri With No Known Exposure to Farm Animals
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 – A second person in Missouri who wasn't exposed to either poultry or dairy cows has been infected with bird flu, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. This person shared a...
Washington Becomes 6th State to Report Bird Flu in Humans
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDayNews) – Four farm workers who helped cull poultry on an commercial egg farm in Washington are presumed to have been infected with bird flu, making that state the...
California Reports Two Cases of Bird Flu in Dairy Workers, a First for the State
FRIDAY, Oct. 4, 2024 – As an outbreak of bird flu among dairy cows continues to spread in the United States, two more cases have been reported in dairy workers, this time in California. These are...
Cluster of 8 Possible Human Bird Flu Cases Now Reported in Missouri
MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2024 – In what could be the first cases of bird flu spreading between humans in the United States, a group of potential H5N1 infections in Missouri has now grown to eight. Antibody...
Second Health Care Worker Linked to Missouri Bird Flu Case Also Had Symptoms: CDC
MONDAY, Sept. 23, 2024 – Another health care worker who was exposed to a Missouri patient who tested positive for bird flu developed respiratory symptoms but wasn't tested for the flu, U.S. health...
Influenza A Identified at 11 Sites in Four States in Wastewater Testing
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – The findings from influenza A virus and H5 subtype monitoring of wastewater have been published in the Sep. 19 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
U.S. Wastewater Tests Show Bird Flu Virus Limited to Areas With Farm Animals
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu popping up – but only in areas populated by farm...
Expert Advice on Preparing for the Fall COVID, Flu Season
MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 – People should prepare for the fall cold and flu season by getting the updated influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations, an infectious diseases expert says. “When my patients ask m...