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

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 ...

As cases of H5N1, also known as avian flu or bird flu, continue to surface across the U.S., safety precautions are ramping up. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

A CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response spokesperson said: "We are seeing more H5 bird flu in wild birds worldwide resulting in outbreaks in other animals, including U.S. dairy cows, ...

As bird flu continues to spread among cattle in the U.S., the CDC and WebMD joined forces on Thursday to present a live-streamed briefing on the status of the outbreak.

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.

At the height of annual flu season, U.S. health officials on Thursday said clinicians should more quickly ensure people who are ill don't have bird flu. While the risk to the general public ...

A case of influenza A(H5), also known as H5 bird flu, has been confirmed in a man in Colorado who had direct exposure to poultry and the culling of birds with presumptive H5N1 bird flu, the US ...

In 2016, a cat in a New York City shelter spread a different bird flu virus to a person, as CDC reported. But in 2004, people at a Thai zoo had positive antibodies results for H5N1 after tigers ...

CDC releases MMWR on bird flu spreading undetected in cows and people : Shots - Health News After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians.

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 ...