H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation | Bird Flu | CDC - Centers for Disease ...
2 days ago · H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers. While the current public health risk is low, CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures.
CDC Confirms First Severe Case of H5N1 Bird Flu in the United …
December 18, 2024-- A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus ("H5N1 bird flu") infection in Louisiana. This marks the first instance of severe illness linked to the virus in the United States.
Is bird flu the next pandemic? What to know after the first H5N1 …
1 day ago · The bird flu that’s been making news in the United States is a virus called H5N1. Some flu viruses carried by birds cause only mild infections and are classified as low-pathogenic viruses.
First U.S. bird flu death reported in Louisiana after severe case of H5N1
3 days ago · This D1.1 strain of H5N1 bird flu is different from the B3.13 genotype which has been fueling this past year's ... Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C ...
First H5 Bird Flu Death Reported in United States | CDC Newsroom
3 days ago · January 6, 2025 -- CDC is saddened by Louisiana's report that a person previously hospitalized with severe avian influenza A(H5N1) illness ("H5N1 bird flu") has passed away.While tragic, a death from H5N1 bird flu in the United States is not unexpected because of the known potential for infection with these viruses to cause severe illness and death.
America’s first bird flu death reported in Louisiana | CNN
3 days ago · The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. This is the first human death from bird flu in the US. The ...
U.S. records its first human bird flu death - NBC News
3 days ago · The U.S. has recorded its first human death from bird flu, in a patient hospitalized in Louisiana. The case was considered the country’s first severe human H5N1 infection.
First bird flu death reported in the U.S., according to the CDC - NPR
2 days ago · The H5N1 bird flu virus has infected more than 65 people in the U.S. during this current outbreak. ... the illness after being exposed to "a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild ...
Avian flu risk still ‘low’ after first US patient dies from H5N1 virus ...
2 days ago · A day after the United States reported its first human death from avian flu, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) insisted on Tuesday that the risk to the wider population remains “low”. WHO spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris told reporters in Geneva that the H5N1 virus causing the disease is “not circulating in humans but jumping into ...
As pace and severity of human H5N1 cases accelerate, NIH …
Dec 31, 2024 · Most human cases of bird flu in North America have been mild, a fact that’s underscored by a new study of the first 46 confirmed human H5N1 infections in the United States this year. But the ...