Each year, seasonal flu sickens about 1 billion people worldwide and causes approximately 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory ...

More than 170 species of North American wild birds were infected with bird flu. Here's what it means for your backyard bird ...

Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

Texas health and wildlife officials have detected avian flu in at least four mammal species across six counties on the High Plains.

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Nov. 13, 2024 — Why do some people develop severe flu symptoms ... 2024 — If seabirds can catch avian flu by stealing food from infectious birds, it gives scientists a clue where to monitor ...

And the leap from birds to humans is not easily made ... In her experiments, ferrets earlier exposed to the 2009 H1N1 swine flu were protected from the worst symptoms and death when later exposed to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bird flu has devastated ... can carry the virus with few symptoms because “these viruses co-evolved in waterfowl,” said Richards. But ducks can also shed the virus in ...