Avian influenza, or bird flu, is highly infectious in birds and usually fatal. While it doesn't spread to humans nearly as much, it has a high fatality rate.

Outbreaks of avian flu are decimating poultry farms, but the virus doesn't yet pose a significant threat to humans. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV Subscribe Subscribe ...

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Most human cases of bird flu in the U.S. have been mild so far, and most had known exposure to sick or infected animals. Avian influenza A viruses are very different from human seasonal influenza ...

A Texas dairy worker has tested positive for the avian flu, marking the first identified human case of an illness in the U.S. that has sickened cattle across several states over the past few weeks.

H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was first detected in dairy cattle in Texas on March 25 and has since spread to several additional states. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

Avian flu is a respiratory disease in birds, and it occurs in commercial birds and wild birds. Cline says it is rare for the virus to affect humans.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Avian flu is highly contagious, can be lethal, and it has the potential to spread to humans. A third person in the U.S. has tested positive for the virus this year in connection ...

India's first human avian flu case was confirmed in 2019. The cases in India involve a different bird flu virus than the one infecting animals and several people in the U.S., where it is the H5N1 ...

Avian flu spread in cows not being tracked, posing greater risk of human transmission. Mark Lyons, a senior USDA animal health official, said federal officials are “still working closely to ...

Avian influenza has raged through Michigan's bird population for two years, forcing commercial farmers and people with backyard coops to kill nearly 6.8 million infected chickens and turkeys ...