The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is capable of airborne transmission, according to ...

During a call with U.S. doctors this month, one CDC official noted that there is a seasonality to bird flu: Cases peak in the fall and early winter, possibly due to the migration patterns of wild ...

Virologists around the world are raising warning flags about the spread ... been transmitted to humans, according to CDC reports. The H5N1 bird flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease ...

Currently, the CDC is utilizing flu surveillance systems to monitor avian influenza in people. Experts are now warning that the circulation of avian influenza within mammals increases the risk of ...

Colorado public health officials are warning residents to avoid contact with sick animals after this year's fourth U.S. case of H5N1 bird flu in a human ... and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday ...

Scientists in Texas, where wastewater monitoring is widely used, found that bird flu was circulating in wastewater weeks before it was first detected in local cattle. This early warning capability ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks within poultry and U.S. dairy cows. Recently, there have been several human cases of bird flu within U.S.