WHO struggles with U.S. bird flu communication after Trump exit - National | Globalnews.ca
A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that communication on bird flu had become challenging since United States President Donald Trump announced a withdrawal from the United Nations health agency. Asked about communication received by the WHO from Washington on the H5N1 outbreak, Christian Lindmeier told a press briefing in Geneva: “Communication is a...
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.