Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are ...
As bird flu infections rise in dairy cattle and chickens, human cases are ticking up too, leaving many people to wonder whether they might be at risk from this recently arrived virus. Bird flu ...
The patient was hospitalized in Louisiana, the health agency said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first case of severe bird flu in the United States.
But it wasn't officially America's national bird until this week. On Christmas Eve, President Biden signed some 50 bills into law — including one that amends the U.S. Code to give the bald eagle ...
Cook would drive west to San Francisco, where he and his wife, Donna, lived the other half of the year. Come April, he’d return, as would the birds. “I like being back here with the eagles,” he said.
The US just recorded the first death from severe bird flu. Experts say it's not too early, or unreasonable, to prepare for the worst. For decades successive waves of bird flu infections have ...
A bill to officially designate the bald eagle as the national bird will head to President Biden’s desk after passage in the House on Monday. While the bald eagle has been a major national symbol ...
But in May 2022, as many females were getting ready to lay their eggs, the birds began dying in droves. “Thousands of northern gannets started to wash up on our shores,” said Stephanie Avery ...
It’s the first ever confirmed instance of a severe bird flu infection in the United States and the first reported human case of bird flu in Louisiana. The patient was not infected via work at a ...