As bird flu rises, federal health agencies are halting external communications. Are we flying blind?
Under orders from the Trump admin, agencies like the CDC are pausing some public health messaging as H5N1 surges ...
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D.W. Field Park in Brockton closed due to potential bird flu outbreak. What to know
Brockton has closed D.W. Field Park after dead geese and swans were found at Upper Porter Park amid concerns about bird flu.
MDH says providers should test for H5N1 bird flu in hospitalized flu patients
The CDC and MDH are advising health care providers to order further laboratory testing on positive influenza A specimens ...
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Opinion: The time to tackle bird flu is now
Bird flu was first detected in domestic birds in 1996 in Southern China and has since spread to wild birds, mammals, and ...
What you need to know about bird flu and how to protect yourself
Concerns about bird flu are growing among health officials weeks after the first person in the U.S. died from the virus, and as cases of bird flu grow among animals and humans. Minnesota has no cases ...
USA Today9d
Bird flu in NC: What to know following the first reported H5N1 death in US
The Centers for Disease Control announced the first human death from H5N1 avian flu or "bird flu" in the United States on Jan ...
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Cats can catch bird flu, but can they pass it to humans? Here's what we know.
"Cats (domestic and large felids) in particular can experience severe illness or death from infection with H5N1. Dogs can also contract H5N1, although they usually exhibit mild clinical signs and low ...
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No, we're not 'one mutation away' from an H5N1 bird flu pandemic. Here are the facts
There are currently no documented cases of human to human transmission of bird flu, also known as avian flu H5N1, though ...
First U.S. H5N1 Death Sparks Urgency: Scientists Warn That Bird Flu Is Mutating Faster Than Expected
Researchers at Texas Biomed have identified nine mutations in a strain of bird flu found in a person in Texas. Bad news: This ...
First avian flu case of the year detected in Maine
The year’s first detection of H5N1, commonly known as avian or bird flu, has been found in Maine, according to our media partners, WMTW. The Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife says the virus ...
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Study reveals dangerous mutations in H5N1 bird flu
One of the earliest strains of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas shows a unique constellation of mutations that enable ...
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Traws Pharma completes Phase I trials of H5N1 bird flu treatment drug
Traws Pharma has completed the Phase I clinical trials of tivoxavir marboxil, a single-dose drug for treating or preventing ...