A second subtype of H5 bird flu, known as D1.1, was detected in dairy cattle and infected one worker in the US state of ...

More than 80 domestic cats have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022. Experts say there's a risk that cats could ...

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 ...

Within 24 to 48 hours of the first detection of the virus, state and federal animal health officials work with farms to cull ...

As for humans, 67 people have been infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control. One person infected with the bird flu died in Louisiana on Jan. 6. The patient was over 65 and became ill ...

A concern from pets getting sick with bird flu is that they can potentially infect people. Humans infected with bird flu have largely had mild infections, with no spread between others.

H5N9 is a rare strain of avian influenza. H5N1 is the more common strain of the bird flu and has been responsible for most of the reported human cases ... And while mortality rates with bird ...

“People are reminded not to touch sick or dead birds and it’s important that they follow Defra advice about reporting any suspected avian influenza cases.” Human-to-human transmission of ...

A PERSON in the West Midlands has contracted bird flu ... humans. But in the hundreds of cases where humans have been infected through contact with animals over the past 20 years, the mortality ...

This has sounded alarm bells among researchers worried about bird flu. Here, Nature talks to infectious-disease specialists about what they’re learning about how humans get sick from the virus ...

A strain of bird flu known to infect humans, H5N1, has been confirmed in recent outbreaks across Scotland and England. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has extended ...