The H5N1 bird flu situation in the US seems more fraught than ever this week as the virus continues to spread swiftly in dairy cattle and birds while sporadically jumping to humans. On Monday, officials in Louisiana announced that the person who had developed the country’s first severe H5N1 infection had died of the infection, … Read more
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu after having contact with sick and dying birds suspected of carrying the virus, state health officials announced Friday. It is the first human H5N1 case detected in Louisiana. For now, the case is considered a “presumptive” positive until testing is confirmed by the Centers for … Read more
Enlarge / A cow grazes in a area at a dairy farm on April 26, 2024, in Petaluma, California. The outbreak of H5N1 hen flu in US dairy cows has now unfold to a few herds in California, the biggest milk-producing state within the nation with round 1.7 million dairy cows, federal and state well … Read more
