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4 days ago · Print. May 17, 2024 – CDC continues to respond to the public health challenge posed by a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, or “A (H5N1) virus,” in dairy cows and other animals in the United States . CDC is working in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...
4 days ago · The first-ever reported bird flu case infecting a human occurred in 2022 following exposure to infected poultry, the CDC said. A second case was reported this year in Texas following exposure to...
5 days ago · May 16, 2024 – Multiple U.S. agencies are working to contain the recent bird flu outbreak among cattle to prevent further spread to humans (beyond one case reported in early April) and use what ...
1 day ago · Q: What are the symptoms of bird flu in humans? Bird flu is a respiratory virus. In humans, bird flu may cause illnesses similar to influenza (the flu) with fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose ...
4 days ago · Bird flu virus has been spreading in US cows for months, RNA reveals. Researchers say that surveillance has continued to falter. The USDA did not release the first viral sequences until weeks ...
5 days ago · H5N1 bird flu was first identified in geese in China in 1996 and in people in Hong Kong the following year. Almost 25 years later, in 2020, a new variant of H5N1, referred to as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), was detected in wild birds in Europe; it was first seen in birds in the U.S. and Canada in late 2021, and has since been ...
4 days ago · In late March 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first case of mammal-to-human transmission of the highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus (bird flu), sparking concerns about the potential public health implications that could follow.
