CDC unveils dashboard to track bird flu as virus spreads among dairy farms On Tuesday, the agency released a variety of data, including information on wastewater sampling sites that have tested ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to ...

Bird flu virus possibly found in a handful of wastewater sites, CDC says Influenza A was detected at higher-than-average levels in five states. Wastewater samples from across the U.S. overall show ...

The U.S. saw its first known bird flu case in 2022, but the virus in that case wasn't contracted from dairy cows.An incarcerated Colorado man who had been slaughtering chickens was presumed to ...

CDC tracking bird flu cases closely, watching for signs of a pandemic. By Pilar Arias Fox News. Published December 31, 2024 8:24am EST. ... (H5N1) virions, a type of bird flu virus.

The CDC's latest estimate slightly increased the risk the H5N1 bird flu virus could trigger a pandemic — but the agency still says the risk to the general public is low.

Single mutation in H5N1 bird flu virus may make it more infectious to humans, study finds Santora said family members of the child were also tested for flu, but all were negative.

The CDC said there is no known person-to-person spread of the virus. ... H5N1 is a specific strain of influenza A virus, also known as bird flu.

The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy farmworker is capable of airborne transmission, amping up concerns about its potential to spark a new pandemic, according to a research letter ...

The bird flu virus hasn’t caused severe disease in any of the workers, hasn't been transmitted without symptoms and hasn't developed the ability to jump from person to person, said Shah, of CDC.