What Are the Symptoms of Bird Flu?
Bird flu can also cause respiratory and classic flu-like symptoms, including cough, runny nose, fever, sore throat, body aches, headaches, fatigue, shortness of breath, and pneumonia, the CDC says. Some people in the U.S. who have caught bird flu have experienced respiratory symptoms as well.
How to avoid bird flu
The vast majority of human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. have resulted from direct contact with animals, so a few simple precautions can keep most people's risk very low.
Your Thanksgiving turkey probably won’t give you bird flu
You’re unlikely to contract bird flu from your Thanksgiving turkey — but the price tag might make you queasy. There were 55 reported cases of bird flu across seven states as of Wednesday, according to the U.
Efforts to Stem Bird Flu Ongoing
They were euthanized last fall due to their poor health and found to have been carrying HPAI." Where is Bird Flu Going? To understand the spread, it is important to know where it's been. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been found in Montana and not only in birds.
Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans
Three people in North America without known animal exposures have tested positive for the bird flu virus H5N1, and samples from two of them suggest the virus is adapting to humans
More Bird Flu Found in More Raw Milk
Public health officials have discovered bird flu in a batch of raw milk being sold in California stores. The Santa Clara County Public Health Department discovered the contamination in a batch of “cream top,
Bird flu spreading in Hawaii for the first time
"And the one we have right now is highly aggressive and especially extremely devastating to the poultry industry. It can kill almost all the birds in a flock very quickly when it gets into it."
Here's why bird flu fears are intensifying
Efforts to contain the virus are falling short. A teenager in Canada is in critical condition after an unexplained infection. And the arrival of flu season has scientists on edge.
Bird flu and turkey: Is your dinner safe?
Avian Flu H5N1 has shown early signs of spreading, with eleven cases in Washington, one teenager hospitalized in Vancouver, Canada, and another teen in California who reportedly caught the disease from raw milk.
More testing underway after another California raw milk recall due to bird flu virus
California health officials are warning not to drink another lot of raw milk from Fresno-based Raw Farm after it tested ...
Is it safe to eat turkey this Thanksgiving amid bird flu outbreak? Here’s what experts say
More than 4 million turkeys and chickens have been killed at poultry ranches across California due to avian flu.
No new detections of avian flu in New Mexico cows, poultry, people despite rising U.S. cases
Bird flu is increasing the cost of what’s on people’s table this Thanksgiving, as deaths of millions of poultry in recent ...
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Bird flu is racing through farms, but Pacific Northwest states are rarely testing workers
By the end of the day, avian flu had been discovered among some of those chickens. By the end of the week, four workers came ...
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A California Child Tested Positive for Bird Flu. Here’s why this Case is Different
By Kristen Hwang, Calmatters An Alameda County child with mild upper respiratory symptoms tested positive for bird flu, state ...
Bird flu: Why ‘unusual changes’ in a human case in Canada are raising concerns
With 55 human cases in the US and avian influenza impacting bird populations across the globe, here’s a look at why ...
Bird flu virus detected in raw milk in California
Bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in California, and consumers should not drink it, the state ...
First bird flu case in a child in the U.S. confirmed in California
A child in California has tested positive for bird flu, the first case of a child in the United States becoming infected with ...
California child first reported case of bird flu in a US minor
The child had mild symptoms and was treated with antiviral medication and is recovering, the Center for Disease Control and ...
Bird flu surges in several US states with reports of new outbreaks: 'Getting worse'
Bird flu continues to spread across the U.S., with new infections in Hawaii and continued human outbreaks in California.
Bird flu worries European health agencies as they increase virus surveillance
As flu season nears, Europe is increasing surveillance for human cases of H5N1 influenza, also known as bird flu. As reported ...