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The first major global review of bird flu in cats reveals an emerging threat of a potential human pandemic. Spring is here, ...
As more humans become infected by H5N1 bird flu, experts worry of a new pandemic with 70 human cases in the U.S. including 1 ...
The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a ...
How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses were found in 38 people in CA from Sept. 30 to Dec. 24, 2024, including the first pediatric case in the US.
A fox was found in Loudoun County with what was later confirmed to be bird flu. The risk to humans remains low, but it marks the first mammal with the ...
While the risk of contracting and dying from the H5N1 avian flu remains ... disease symptoms less severe and protect against death." Whether the virus will mutate beyond animal to human ...
UKHSA has established preparations in place for detections of human cases of avian flu and will respond rapidly with ... As a ...