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Los Angeles County reported its first case of human H5N1 bird flu infection Monday, as health officials sought to spread public awareness of the threat. L.A. County resident infected by bird flu ...
The 1918 flu pandemic in humans was associated with H1N1 and influenza appearing in pigs; [72] this may reflect a zoonosis either from swine to humans, or from humans to swine. Although it is not certain in which direction the virus was transferred, some evidence suggests that in this case pigs caught the disease from humans. [ 69 ]
The serotypes that have been confirmed in humans, ordered by the number of confirmed human deaths, are: H1N1 caused "Spanish flu" in 1918 and "Swine flu" in 2009. [36] H2N2 caused "Asian Flu". H3N2 caused "Hong Kong Flu". H5N1, "avian" or "bird flu". [37] H7N7 has unusual zoonotic potential. [38] H1N2 infects pigs and humans. [39] H9N2, H7N2 ...
There are at least 65 confirmed human cases of bird flu nationally -- with at least 36 in California, according to the CDC. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Dec. 18 as ...
This person is also the 15th human case of H5 reported in the U.S. since 2022. [92] In September 2024, the CDC confirms that two dairy workers in California have contracted bird flu, marking the 15th and 16th human cases in this year's ongoing outbreak, which has impacted dairy cows nationwide. [93]
There have been nearly 1,000 known cases of bird flu in humans (889 between 2003 and May 3, 2024, according to the World Health Organization). But the virus has never spread between people, ...
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles County health officials said they have detected H5N1 bird flu virus in wastewater collected from the A.K. Warren Water Resource Facility in Carson.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the first two A/09(H1N1) swine flu cases in California on April 17, 2009, via the Border Infectious Disease Program, [135] for a San Diego County child, and a naval research facility studying a special diagnostic test, where influenza sample from the child from Imperial County was tested. [136]