Robert Redfield, former CDC director, predicts bird flu would be “much more catastrophic than the COVID pandemic.” ...
WASHINGTON STATE - Avian Influenza is affecting egg supply and prices in Washington, according to state and federal officials.
We’re monitoring the situation very, very closely. We’ve never seen this many infections of non-bird species as we have in the U.S.," Johns Hopkins virologist Andrew Pekosz said.
Sam Jarvis with Johnson County Public Health said the good news: there’s so far been no human-to-human transmission of the virus known as H5N1. But they’re continuing to monitor the situation closely.
The virus has affected 344,100 birds in the last month at Michigan commercial farms on the west side of the state.
The average price of a dozen large eggs starkly increased in California in December to $8.97, up from $5.68 in late November, ...
The risk of catching H5N1 bird flu remains low, and there have been no reported cases of person-to-person spread.
Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild ...
A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what happens next to Russian roulette.
The study found similarities in the genetic sequences between bird flu and seasonal influenza viruses that already circulate ...
The spread of avian influenza (HPAI) has also impacted the nationwide supply of poultry products, including eggs. Experts ...
The Louisiana Department of Health announced Jan. 6 that a patient hospitalized last month for H5N1 bird flu has died, ...