Nationally, this avian flu sickened at least 66 people in 2024, mostly dairy farmworkers who came in contact with diseased animals and contaminated milk. Most cases have been mild, but two infections late last year were more severe and more concerning.

Bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia for the first time since the current outbreak began in 2022, officials say.

A day after the United States reported its first human death from avian flu, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) insisted on Tuesday that the risk

( MENAFN - Costa Rica News) To monitor cases of avian influenza A (H5N1) in the Americas, the Pan American health Organization (PAHO) launched an interactive dashboard on the web today.

The death comes at a time when the H5N1 virus has recently undergone an unusual mutation that is causing concern to the World Health Organization.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched an interactive dashboard to monitor avian influenza A (H5N1) cases in the Americas including the Caribbean. “As concerns grow over the spread of this disease,

BySunita Sohrabji Avian flu, Oropouche, Mpox, Norovirus, human metapneumovirus, and the ongoing threat of Covid-19 are some of the many public health challenges the world faces this year. Climate

The first human death caused by H5N1 in the U.S. was reported in Louisiana on Jan. 6. Here's what to know about bird flu.

On Jan. 6, the Louisiana Department of Health reported that a local man who was hospitalized with the bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza ... also can be a source of exposure. The World Health Organization previously called the current outbreak ...

Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Safety reported that H5N1 avian influenza has been diagnosed in a fattening turkey coop in Kibbutz Tzora in the Judea region. Following an unusual mortality in three pre-market turkey coops,

The state Department of Agriculture on Friday announced that it has detected a case of "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza" at a commercial poultry producer in Elbert County, which is around 100 miles northeast of Atlanta.

Bird flu has been detected in a Georgia commercial poultry flock for the first time since a countrywide outbreak in 2022.