Category: Avian Influenza
New version of bird flu infects Nevada dairy worker
Washington Post This version of the virus is circulating broadly in wild birds and is different from the virus that has been causing dairy cow outbreaks since early 2024, the CDC said. A Nevada dairy worker was infected with a version of bird flu that is known to have killed one person in the United States and severely […]
Feb 11, 2025
Oregon: What to know about Willamette Valley wild turkeys and bird flu
Salem Reporter Can wild turkeys get avian flu? Yes. So can chickens, peafowl, ducks, geese, hawks, even cats, dairy cows, and people. Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota have found significant infection among wild turkey flocks. There’s been one known outbreak among wild turkeys in Oregon. Those turkeys shared a pond with a domestic poultry flock […]
Feb 5, 2025
Avian influenza hits California turkey farm
WATT Poultry In the latest flock infection, 22,200 meat turkeys are affected. The latest case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States involved a commercial meat turkey flock in California. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that on February 3, the presence of HPAI was […]
Feb 5, 2025
CDFA Public Notice Regarding H5N9 Strain of Avian Influenza
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) H5N9 Strain Detected for the First Time in California, A Different Strain than H5N1 A commercial duck flock in Merced County, confirmed to have H5N1 bird flu on December 14, 2024, received secondary testing and the final report on January 13, 2025 confirmed the presence of […]
Feb 5, 2025
Hundreds of ducks found sick or dead along Lake Michigan as outbreak of H5N1 bird flu hits Chicago area
WGN9 Hundreds of ducks infected with avian influenza — H5N1 bird flu — have been found along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Chicago area, prompting warnings from area health officials. The Chicago Bird Collision Monitors (CBCM), a volunteer conservation project dedicated to the protection of migratory birds, said in a post on its Facebook page Sunday that […]
Feb 4, 2025
Tuberculosis Outbreak, Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu Strain and Polar Bear Hair
Scientific American Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Hope your February is off to a great start. Let’s kick off the week by catching up on all the science news you might have missed. First, a quick note on some presidential moves that might impact health and science. Robert F. Kennedy […]
Feb 4, 2025
Will bird flu spark a human pandemic? Scientists say the risk is rising
Nature H5N1 is adapting to new mammalian hosts, raising the possibility of the virus spreading between humans. Ten months on from the shocking discovery that a virus usually carried by wild birds can readily infect cows, at least 68 people in North America have become ill from the pathogen and one person has died. Although many […]
Feb 4, 2025
Could the Bird Flu Become Airborne?
NYT Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. In early February 2020, China locked down more than 50 million people, hoping to hinder the spread of a new coronavirus. No one knew at the time exactly how it was spreading, but Lidia […]
Feb 4, 2025
Why scientists’ fears about bird flu are intensifying
NPR Bird flu or avian influenza is continuing to spread among livestock and other mammals in the United States, raising fears that another pandemic is in our future. Last month, California declared a state of emergency due to rising cases in dairy cattle, and there have been over 65 human cases in the U.S. during […]
Jan 29, 2025
Rare bird flu strain found in California raises potential of wider spread
Washington Post First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment that could trigger human outbreaks. A new strain of avian influenza has been identified for the first time in the United States, raising concerns that the virus is transforming in a way that could eventually cause […]
Jan 28, 2025