The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is capable of airborne transmission, according to ...

H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with infected animals or their bodily fluids, but the new ...

leaving health experts to warn about the risk of another pandemic. RELATED: China Reports First Human Case Of H10n3 Bird Flu On Wednesday (December 25), the CDC said a patient was hospitalized in ...

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled H5, ...

CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures.” Although the risk to the public may be considered low, avian flu continues to devastate ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently confirmed the first death in the United States linked to H5N1 bird flu ... that the risk of H5N1 to the general ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ... of the risk that mutations in the virus could rapidly change that picture. The first case of the H5N1 virus, known as bird flu, in the ...

However, despite the CDC's reports of low risk to the public, many experts have varying opinions on whether bird flu cases among humans could escalate to become a more serious problem. Here's what ...