Could bird flu strain the US public health system as seasonal influenza ramps up?
As seasonal influenza ramps up, and with bird flu continuing to circulate, some experts are worried there may be a strain on the public health system.
Bird flu is about to crash flu season, and it could get ugly
It’s been nearly eight months since avian flu was first detected in U.S. dairy herds, and cases in both cows and humans continue to pile
California has first confirmed U.S. case of bird flu in a child, CDC says
A California child was confirmed to be the first U.S. child to become infected with bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday.
Bird flu detected in California child confirmed to be first case in the US
LOS ANGELES - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first case of bird flu in a child in California. This is the first reported avian influenza H5 virus infection in a child in the US. Similar to other cases, the child reportedly experienced mild symptoms and received flu antivirals, the CDC reported Friday.
Why the latest bird flu case has experts worried about pandemic potential
Health officials are alarmed by more than 50 confirmed human cases of a bird flu variant across seven states this year, with a new case confirmed this week in a California child without known contact with infected animals.
We Asked 5 Experts What Trump Should Do About Bird Flu. Here’s What They Said.
Barron’s asked five experts in epidemiology, veterinary science, avian health, virology, and health policy what the n
The First Child Case of Bird Flu Has Been Confirmed—But Do You Really Need to Worry?
T he current H5N1 bird flu outbreak has been ongoing since 2022, but recent developments have (understandably) made people a little nervous. Recent news about the first human case of a critically ill teenager in Canada who was hospitalized with the virus and the rising number of cases within the United States (55 total to be exact) have raised questions about how this strain of influenza (just a fancy word for "flu") might evolve—and whether we could be headed for another lockdown in the coming months.
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 ...
CDC confirms first child in United States infected with bird flu
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first child in the United States contracted avian influenza ...
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 ...
California case is the first confirmed bird flu infection in a US child
Health officials on Friday confirmed bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor.
3 Idaho dairies now quarantined for bird flu. What’s happening to cows, and what it means
Dairy cows are milked at a dairy in Merced County in 2022. The number of infected dairy herds in the Central Valley doubled ...
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Record bird flu outbreak keeps egg prices high heading into holidays
Bird flu outbreaks have led to fewer numbers of hens from the nation’s farmers, resulting in fewer eggs on the shelves ...
CDC confirms bird flu in a child in California, first reported avian influenza virus in child
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it has confirmed a human infection with H5N1 bird flu in a ...
Bird flu virus isolated from hospitalized Canadian teen shows signs of human adaptation
The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus ...