FDA recommends pet food companies revisit safety plans amid bird flu outbreak
As a growing number of cats have gotten sick or died after consuming raw pet food or raw milk contaminated with the H5N1 virus, health officials have advised pet food companies to take extra ...
Local chicken farms are on high alert as bird flu is feared to have entered Massachusetts
State officials suspect the flu’s latest highly contagious strain has now killed dozens of wild birds in Boston, Amherst, and ...
MDH says providers should test for H5N1 bird flu in hospitalized flu patients
The CDC and MDH are advising health care providers to order further laboratory testing on positive influenza A specimens ...
First U.S. H5N1 Death Sparks Urgency: Scientists Warn That Bird Flu Is Mutating Faster Than Expected
Researchers at Texas Biomed have identified nine mutations in a strain of bird flu found in a person in Texas. Bad news: This ...
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Bird Flu Spreads in the US: H5N1 Outbreak Hits Georgia Poultry Industry, CDC Share Prevention Tips
Highly infectious H5N1 virus, also known as the bird flu virus has tightened its grip on the United States. For the first ...
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Researchers are concerned by H5N1 bird flu’s ability to mutate, reassort
The spread of H5N1 into new species alarms researchers who say it could reassort in a new species, like pigs, leading to more ...
First U.S. bird flu death reported in Louisiana after severe case of H5N1
The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus ...
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H5N1 Bird Flu Warning: Is India Ready for Another Deadly COVID-Like Virus Outbreak?
H5N1, or bird flu, poses a limited risk to humans but remains a serious threat. Learn how it spreads, its symptoms, and key ...
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Bird flu in NC: What to know following the first reported H5N1 death in US
The Centers for Disease Control announced the first human death from H5N1 avian flu or "bird flu" in the United States on Jan ...
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H5N1 Bird Flu Strikes Georgia Poultry Industry: CDC Issues Urgent Prevention Guidelines
H5N1 bird flu hits Georgia’s poultry industry marking the first commercial outbreak in the state Learn CDC prevention tips to ...
First outbreak of H5N1 bird flu identified in Wayne County backyard flock
For the first time, birds in a Wayne County backyard flock have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...
CT flock owners should limit traffic, take precautions to prevent spread of avian flu, officials say
Connecticut officials advised flock owners that they should take precautions, including limiting traffic on their property, ...