Public health experts share concerns that the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could turn into a pandemic. What to know after Louisiana ...

The FDA and CDC have ended key bird flu surveillance programs, including milk testing and outbreak updates. Experts say this ...

As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu ... for the first time, in cattle. In the past year, H5N1 spillover to humans has infected 70 people in the U.S.; about two-thirds of cases were ...

So far, the H5N1 outbreak in the states has affected nearly 1,000 dairy cow herds and resulted in more than 70 human ... to detect bird flu virus in a specimen. In January, US officials reported the ...

A man in Louisiana has become the first recorded fatality in the ... The unidentified man is one of 66 confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the US since 2024, when the current outbreak ...

The Department of Health and Human ... say. Bird Flu Found in Sheep: The H5N1 virus was detected in a single sheep in Britain, in what the government described as the first case of its kind ...

Bird flu cases continue to be detected ... it could cause a widespread outbreak. The first known human death from bird flu occurred in January in Louisiana, according to the CDC.

Several humans (mostly dairy or farm workers) were also infected, including a Louisiana ... detect its pandemic potential before it's too late. Related: Is It Safe to Eat Eggs During a Bird Flu ...

Then, in March, H5N1 avian flu was diagnosed as the cause of the illness. It was unheard of for cows to get bird flu ... with the first case of transmission from a cow to a human documented ...