Bird flu patient had no apparent contact with animals—there's still no evidence of sustained human-to-human spread
Six health care workers in the US who were in close contact with a patient known to have bird flu developed mild respiratory ...
STAT4h
Q&A: How California, now an epicenter for bird flu in dairy cattle, is monitoring the virus
STAT recently spoke to Erica Pan, California’s state epidemiologist, about what public health officials are doing to monitor ...
New Scientist1d
The US is ramping up bird flu surveillance – but will it be enough?
The United States has ramped up influenza surveillance amid an ongoing outbreak of the bird flu virus H5N1 in dairy cattle.
Is bird flu spreading in people? Without blood test results, officials can't say.
Antibody blood test results expected later this month may help answer a crucial question: Is there human-to-human ...
As Bird Flu Spreads, Two New Cases Diagnosed in California
Both patients were dairy workers whose illnesses were mild. Investigators are continuing to evaluate the contacts of a ...
The Washington Post4d
Why fears of human-to-human bird flu spread in Missouri are overblown
The case of a Missouri hospital patient who tested positive for bird flu five weeks ago has confounded disease detectives and frustrated public health experts. The patient reported no exposure to ...
USA Today3d
US to double emergency bird flu vaccines as more people, herds become infected
Federal officials plan to double the stockpile of emergency bird flu vaccines as they identify more people infected with the disease. Three manufacturers were awarded $72 million to increase ...
ABC News3d
US provides $72M to vaccine manufacturers to advance bird flu shot preparedness
The process will ensure vaccines are ready to distribute if needed. Federal health officials announced Friday they are providing $72 million to vaccine manufacturers to help ensure currently ...
The Atlantic7d
The Bird-Flu President
Joe Biden had the war in the Middle East. For America’s next president, the crisis might be bird flu. The United States is in the middle of an unprecedented bout of bird flu, also known as H5N1.
Fox News3d
Two human cases of bird flu confirmed in California as infection continues to spread in US: CDC
Two dairy workers in California tested positive for H5 bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health announced. The CDC said in a release ...
USA Today4d
Two California dairy workers infected with bird flu, CDC says amid outbreaks in cows
Two California dairy workers have been infected with bird flu, state and federal health officials announced late Thursday. The cases mark California’s first human infections amid outbreaks ...
Los Angeles Times3d
‘More serious than we had hoped’: Bird flu deaths mount among California dairy cows
As California struggles to contain an increasing number of H5N1 bird flu outbreaks at Central Valley dairy farms, veterinary experts and industry observers are voicing concern that the number of ...