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H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers. While the current public health risk is low, CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures.
Situation Update. November 18, 2024 – CDC continues to respond to the public health challenge posed by a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or "H5N1 bird flu," in dairy cows, poultry and other animals in the United States.CDC is working in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Administration for Strategic ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A A (H5) viruses have been detected in U.S. wild aquatic birds, commercial poultry and backyard and hobbyist flocks beginning in January 2022. These are the first detections of HPAI A (H5) viruses in the United States since 2016.
Chickens, turkeys, wild birds and many other animals have been affected by the bird flu outbreak. See a timeline of its progression in the U.S.
H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with two cases of H5 in U.S. dairy workers. While the current public health risk is low, CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures.
In the past two decades, nearly 900 people have been diagnosed globally with bird flu and more than 460 people have died, according to the World Health Organization. There have been only two cases in the U.S., and neither were fatal.
Health officials are alarmed by more than 50 confirmed human cases of a bird flu variant across seven states this year, with a new case confirmed this week in a California child without known...
A new dashboard from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention aims to help track the spread of bird flu as the federal government looks to monitor and contain the virus.
It has infiltrated big commercial poultry farms and tiny backyard henhouses, affecting 72 million farmed birds in the United States alone, according to the Department of Agriculture. It has...
With the approach of fall and cooler weather across the United States, officials say the risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus could rise — and they’re taking steps to prevent the creation...