It can spread to other animals and to humans. The H5N1 bird flu isn’t new. The CDC says the virus was first identified in Southern China in domestic waterfowl in 1996. In 1997, it spread to 18 ...
commonly known as bird flu, less than a month after a child in California was diagnosed with the virus. On Friday, the CDC confirmed a person from Louisiana had avian influenza A virus, H5N1 ...
Bird flu cases are on the rise in the U.S., and the CDC is on high alert. With 66 confirmed human cases so far, officials are ...
The CDC has confirmed 65 cases of H5N1 bird flu in humans in 2024. Of those, 39 were associated with dairy herds and 23 with poultry farms and culling operations. For two cases, the source of ...
To date this year, 61 human cases of H5N1 bird flu have been confirmed in the U.S ... Demetre Daskalakis, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases ...
According to the CDC, there isn't a flu shot that can prevent humans from getting infected by bird flu. While the seasonal flu vaccine doesn’t protect against H5N1 bird flu, it’s important for ...