As bird flu outbreak expands in California, dairy farms report it’s worse than they expected
A third farmworker has tested positive for bird flu in California, according to the state’s health department. If confirmed ...
US to double emergency bird flu vaccines as more people, herds become infected
Federal officials plan to double the stockpile of emergency bird flu vaccines as they identify more people infected with the ...
STAT1d
Q&A: How California, now an epicenter for bird flu in dairy cattle, is monitoring the virus
STAT recently spoke to Erica Pan, California’s state epidemiologist, about what public health officials are doing to monitor ...
New Scientist1d
The US is ramping up bird flu surveillance – but will it be enough?
The United States has ramped up influenza surveillance amid an ongoing outbreak of the bird flu virus H5N1 in dairy ...
Is bird flu spreading in people? Without blood test results, officials can't say.
Is there human-to-human spread of H5N1 bird flu? The CDC is awaiting antibody test results from the Missouri patient and ...
US provides $72M to vaccine manufacturers to advance bird flu shot preparedness
There are currently no recommendations for anyone to be vaccinated against bird flu and federal health officials note this is ...
Wisconsin Examiner1d
CDC conducting extensive probe into bird flu contracted by Missouri resident
Federal agencies are studying a case of human avian influenza in which the infected person did not have contact with affected ...
The Atlantic7d
The Bird-Flu President
Joe Biden had the war in the Middle East. For America’s next president, the crisis might be bird flu. The United States is in the middle of an unprecedented bout of bird flu, also known as ...
California dairy farm workers being monitored for bird flu after two test positive
Health officials in California are monitoring other exposed workers for symptoms on two dairy farms where two human cases of ...
MedPage Today11d
More Healthcare Workers Tied to Missouri H5N1 Bird Flu Case Developed Symptoms
Opens in a new tab or window Four additional healthcare workers who cared for the Missouri patient confirmed to have H5N1 bird flu developed mild respiratory symptoms, CDC reported on Friday.
Bird flu patient had no apparent contact with animals—there's still no evidence of sustained human-to-human spread
Six health care workers in the US who were in close contact with a patient known to have bird flu developed mild respiratory ...