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CDC Calls for Wider Bird Flu Testing After More Farmworker Infections Found

Health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday called for more testing of people on farms who have contracted bird flu. The federal agency updated its ... Read More

What the Rise in Bird Flu Means

While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other species—including a few humans. Read More

Bird flu cases on the rise, as illness confirmed at Georgia commercial poultry farm

A Georgia chicken producer is working to stop the spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), more commonly known as bird flu, after becoming the third commercial operation in the state to ... Read More

Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots. Some experts say the US should, too

This is a KFF Health News story. As bird flu spreads among dairy cattle in the U.S., veterinarians and researchers have taken note of Finland's move to vaccinate farmworkers at risk of infection. They ... Read More

Georgia confirms 5th bird flu outbreak this year. 140,000 chickens culled at commercial farm.

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Georgia agricultural officials have confirmed a fifth bird flu outbreak this year in a commercial poultry ... Read More

Iowa reports its first case of bird flu in a poultry farm worker

As of Dec. 23, the CDC has calculated 65 confirmed cases of bird flu in humans in the U.S. The agency maintains the public health risk is low. Iowa health officials reported the state's first human ... Read More

Strain of bird flu virus never before reported in people is behind first human case in US in nine months

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before. Read More