U.S. wastewater tests detect bird flu virus only in areas with farm animals
An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu popping up -- but only in areas populated by farm animals.
Bird Flu Symptoms in Humans: How to Protect Yourself and Prevent This Rare But Serious Virus
With cold and flu season approaching, it’s worth knowing about another virus out there—albeit extremely rare: bird flu. Like the regular flu, bird flu virus symptoms include fever, cough and a sore throat.
Bird flu virus that infected a person in Missouri had a rare mutation
Genetic analysis of a bird flu virus detected in a person in Missouri who didn’t previously have contact with animals offers more details on the case, but experts say there isn’t substantial evidence
Bird flu tests being developed as number of human cases rise across the country
Several labs will work with federal health authorities to develop a test for avian influenza, as the number of human cases rise across the country.
A highly contagious bird flu strain infected hundreds of dairy cows. Testing shows Mass. dairy farms are virus-free.
On Monday state officials announced they had completed testing on all 95 licensed farms in Massachusetts that have dairy herds, the first state in the nation to do so. The results were “100 percent negative.” The testing program is likely to be repeated on a regular basis going forward, and could serve as a national model.
H5N1 Bird Flu Detected in Texas Wastewater: Animal Origins Suspected
Researchers in Texas detected H5N1 in wastewater from 10 cities, but the risk to humans is currently low. Ongoing surveillance is critical to monitor any potential changes in the virus that could increase its threat to public health.
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Flu season is coming—and so is the risk of an all-new bird flu
The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.
Mysterious bird flu case in Missouri was similar to strain circulating in cattle, CDC says
A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers ...
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Is bird flu spreading among people? Data gaps leave researchers in the dark
Mysterious US bird flu case in person without any known contact with an infected animal raises spectre of human-to-human ...
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Why virologists are getting increasingly nervous about bird flu
Avian flu in dairy cows could stick around on US farms forever, and is raising the risk of outbreaks in mammals—including ...
The US is entering a riskier season for spread of H5N1 bird flu. Here’s why experts are worried
With the approach of fall and cooler weather across the United States, officials say the risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu ...
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Avian Flu Could Spread Further, but Immunity May be Common
For the past several years, millions of birds around the world have been killed or culled because of a highly pathogenic form ...
Gross 'Food Theft' Could Be Responsible for Spread of Deadly Bird Flu
The H5N1 virus, initially restricted to Eurasia and Africa, has since spread to North and South America and even reached ...
Apathy and ignorance towards bird flu and mpox prove we learnt nothing from Covid, say virologists
Political apathy and selfishness in the face of outbreaks of bird flu and mpox show that the world has not learned from the ...