But on Monday, the agency revealed that available data indicates D1.1 last year likely infected a total of 15 people in five states — Iowa, Louisiana, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin — all related to poultry.
The newer strain had been seen before in more than a dozen people exposed to poultry, but this is the first time an infection was traced to a cow.
Federal health officials say a dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year
Nevada confirms first human case of H5N1 avian flu in Churchill County
The Central Nevada Health District has confirmed the state's first human case of avian influenza A (H5N1) in an adult who was exposed to infected dairy cattle a
What you should know about bird flu in the UK - and its impact on humans
Human-to-human transmission has not happened in the UK or Europe since bird flu first emerged in 1997 - but experts warn each infection increases the risk of the virus adapting to human hosts and causing a pandemic.
912,000 Birds Impacted as Bird Flu Hits Egg Production Facility in Jay County
More than 912,000 birds have been impacted following the detection of the Bird Flu virus at a commercial egg production facility in Jay County in east-central Indiana, according to the Indiana State Board of Animal Health. State
There’s a new outbreak of bird flu in Australia. Here’s what you need to know
It comes weeks after quarantine restrictions were lifted on the last property affected by Victoria’s 2024 avian influenza outbreak – our largest on record
House cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health
More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or wild birds.
House Cats With Bird Flu Could Pose a Risk to Public Health - California Healthline
The current strain of bird flu is spreading from wildlife and livestock to house cats. To keep pets healthy, many virologists and veterinarians say, house cats shouldn’t eat raw food and should be kept indoors. Despite no known cases of H5N1 transmission between cats and people, some public health agencies and virologists are warning cat owners to be mindful of the theoretical risks to the health of humans in their households if a pet gets sick.
Lithuania hit with its largest bird flu outbreak - Poultry World
Almost 250,000 heads of poultry were culled at the Vilkyčių paukštynas farm in the western part of Lithuania as a result of the largest bird flu outbreak
Useful resource. The Texas Department of State Health Services created an interactive respiratory illness dashboard to be a resource for all Texans including healthcare providers, local leaders, and public health jurisdictions to monitor respiratory illness trends.
Viable influenza A virus in airborne particles expelled during coughs versus exhalations
To prepare for a possible influenza pandemic, a better understanding of the potential for the airborne transmission of influenza from person to person is needed. The objective of this study was to directly compare the generation of aerosol particles ...
Novel H16N3 avian influenza viruses isolated from migratory gulls in China in 2023 - PubMed
As a rare subtype of avian influenza virus, H16 viruses are predominant in gulls but rarely found in domestic birds. The low prevalence of H16 viruses has limited our understanding of their epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics. In this study, we isolated three novel H16N3 viruses from migratory gu …