But it's rare for the bird flu to be transferred from one human to another, according to the AAFP. In order to do so, the virus must transform into a human flu virus.

Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year, Agriculture Department officials said Wednesday.

For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus was rapidly sweeping through hundreds of herds of dairy cattle ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the United States more than a year after the first human case was detected. Since then, at least 70 people have fallen ill and at least one death ...

The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry and other animals around the world for several years, and starting early last year became a problem in people and cows in the U.S.

“But if you do take that time to think about it, it’s pretty sad.” She lived that reality firsthand in early 2022, soon after the killer strain of bird flu arrived in North America. Northern Gannets, ...

Bird flu has been circulating worldwide since the 1990 and was first detected in American dairy farms in March 2024. It had infected 70 people as of late February, and killed one.

An avian influenza pandemic remains within the realm of possibility. To reduce the risk, we need to engage in a One Health ...

Wild birds, especially ducks and geese, like these flying by a farm in Illinois, can spread H5N1 bird flu to poultry. Keeping the wild and domestic birds separate is a challenge.

SHELTON, CT / ACCESS Newswire / June 18, 2025 / Dr. Anil Diwan, President of NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE Amer.: NNVC) (the "Company"), asserts that with new rising variants of COVID and Bird Flu ...