bird flu

Four poultry workers in Colorado have been diagnosed with bird flu, health officials confirmed Sunday. The new cases bring the U.S. total to nine since the first human case of the current outbreak was detected in 2022, also in a... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man's death in Mexico was caused by a strain of bird flu called H5N2 that has never before been found in a human, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The WHO said it wasn’t clear how... Read More

ATLANTA — A Michigan farmworker became the second individual in the United States this year confirmed to have contracted the bird flu after exposure to infected livestock, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday. The individual had only... Read More

GENEVA, Switzerland — Ongoing outbreaks of a particularly virulent strain of avian influenza have devastated animal populations on five continents and could pose a risk to humans, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The WHO issued its “situation analysis” in... Read More

HNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu in the country's first known human H5N1 infection since 2014, health officials said. Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, normally spreads in poultry and... Read More