Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.

The virus can be spread through droppings or any interaction between farm-raised poultry and wild birds ... Nationally, about five dozen people have become ill with bird flu.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

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The threat from H5N1 bird flu to the general public is considered low, but people who work with infected animals including poultry, cows, wild animals or with raw, unpasteurized cow’s milk are ...

But is there a risk of bird flu spreading from backyard bird feeders? Tom asked: “I have wild bird feeders I maintain. I am curious if I’m in danger of bird flu.” According to the Centers ...

The current strain of avian influenza is “widespread” among wild birds in Massachusetts, state officials say, but the risk to humans still remains low. “I want to stress that right now at ...

Two people are sick and in isolation in Oakland ... certain activities increase the risk — like drinking raw milk, interacting with wild birds, domestic backyard flocks, working on a commercial ...

RIVERSIDE, Pa. — The Riverside Police Department in Northumberland County is warning people to stay away from wild birds after they responded to a call of a sick goose found in front of a ...

the rise in infected birds being detected across the state in recent months, including a wild goose in the Hudson Valley and commercial flock on Long Island, has health officials asking people to ...

The chance of bird flu transmission from wild birds directly to people is generally considered remote, research indicates, although hunters who unwittingly kill infected ducks and geese aren’t ...

Avian influenza, or “bird flu,” is a disease caused by influenza A viruses that spread widely among wild birds ... health officials in Wisconsin say. People can also breathe in the virus ...