Bird flu was nearly everywhere in the U.S.—in chickens, cows, pet cats and even humans. Cases have gone down, but experts ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...

Last year, bird flu killed more than 40 million egg-laying birds. Including ducks and chickens, 148 million birds have been ordered euthanized since H5N1 began spreading around the U.S. in 2022 ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the United States more than a year after the first human case was detected. Since then, at least 70 people have fallen ill and at least one death ...

Stock image of a golden retriever waiting in a car. Although rare, dogs can contract bird flu. Getty Images "While rare, infections in dogs highlight the importance of early intervention," said Dr ...

Still, the last five years have made many increasingly vigilant about viruses spreading. If you're still concerned about encountering the bird flu, here's what medical experts want you to know.

AP Images. By Dani Blum. Dec. 18, 2024. ... There have been 61 human cases of bird flu reported in the United States so far this year, including 37 cases linked to exposure to infected cattle.

Public health officials are continuing to monitor an outbreak of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, as it spreads across the U.S.. The strain, known as H5N1, sickened several mammals this ...

A new report suggests that more Americans may be walking around with bird flu − and not even know it.. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention randomly tested 150 ...

Viruses love to jump between animal species.. In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 percent of the vulnerable ...