There have been dozens of confirmed human cases of bird flu in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the symptoms, risks and ...

As H5N1 bird flu continues to spread around the US, health officials recently found that 7 percent of dairy workers tested on farms in two states had evidence of recent infection — and some had signs ...

The CDC wants Alveo to make rapid, portable A(H5) diagnostic tests "to support response efforts in the event of an outbreak." ...

No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was ...

A teenager in British Columbia is in critical condition after being exposed to H5N1 bird ... H1N1 swine flu outbreak in 2009 ...

Avian flu typically spreads between wild and domestic birds but can spread to other animals and people. There have now been ...

The study showed H5N1 transmits easily between ferrets under ... human influenza," he said. However, he added that a milliliter of unpasteurized cow milk can carry 100 times more virus than ...

A Canadian teenager has been hospitalized with bird flu ... and be tested for H5N1. Many of the symptoms of H5N1 overlap with other viral infections such as influenza and COVID-19, meaning ...

or bird flu, on Oahu for the first time from a wastewater sampling site. The specimen was collected on Nov. 7, 2024 and DOH received the result on Nov. 12. The type of H5 avian influenza was H5N1, ...

The first confirmed case of H5N1 avian ... risks if the virus adapts for human transmission. This is because pigs are susceptible to both human and avian influenza. The farm is under quarantine ...

The lungs of humans and ferrets bear a similar distribution of receptors that the virus can use to enter cells, Lakdawala noted. The study showed H5N1 transmits easily between ferrets under ...