Health News Bird Flu Casts A Wider Net As U S Health Officials Keep Drip Feeding Information On Fridays

Washington state resident dies after contracting a bird flu strain never before detected in humans, officials say

The man, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being treated for a type of bird flu called H5N5. Read More

Possible human bird flu case in Washington state, first in U.S. in 9 months

Health officials in Washington state say they have identified the nation’s first human case of bird flu since February, pending confirmatory testing. Read More

Patient hospitalized after first human case of bird flu linked to rare strain of virus

One person had died from the disease. In early January, a backyard flock keeper hospitalized with bird flu in Louisiana became the first person in the United States to die of the disease after ... Read More

First human case of rare bird flu reported in Washington state. Are you at risk?

After a Western Washington resident became the first human to contract a rare form of avian flu, you may be wondering if you’re at risk of getting sick. Read More

Washington resident infected with different strain of bird flu, health officials say

Health officials in Washington state said a resident has contracted bird flu, marking the first human case in the U.S. since February. Read More

Bird Flu Is Back

After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown. By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Bird flu is ... Read More

What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Read More

With Thanksgiving Around the Corner, Bird Flu Cases Are on the Rise Again

Bird flu outbreaks are climbing again on U.S. chicken and turkey farms, ending a respite from the virus that sent egg prices soaring last year and raised fears of a new human pandemic. Since the start ... Read More

Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response

As birds fly south for the winter, they're carrying with them some unwelcome cargo: the H5N1 virus, or bird flu. In the past 30 days, the virus has struck 66 poultry flocks, leading to the deaths of ... Read More