Farm workers facing possible arrest would likely resist getting tested for bird flu should there be a resurgence this fall, ...

At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It's a sign that ...

Over the past two decades, more than 400 million birds either have died from the disease or been culled to prevent transmission. Yet, human cases remain rare, with only 2,634 cases and about 1,000 ...

Several local factors — including the minimum temperature reached in autumn, the water level in lakes and ponds in winter, and the presence of mute swans (Cygnus olor) — could be key for predicting ...

Bird flu has caused the deaths of over 100 million birds in the U.S. poultry industry and almost half a billion farmed birds worldwide, and scientists are concerned that the virus is changing and b… ...

Episode 278Concerns about bird flu are rising as two cases in North America suggest the virus is adapting to humans. Evidence of human-to-human transmission is not yet conclusive but public health ...

The Book of Matthew may assert that not one sparrow falls to earth without the knowledge and consent of God, ... Any such bird flu, so deadly, is called highly pathogenic avian influenza, ...

Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal will read from their book, “A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds,” at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh on Wednesday, May 10, from 7-8 p.m ...

In today’s Health Alert, a ban on relocating birds in Michigan due to the bird flu outbreak is raising concerns about Swimmer’s itch ...

Bird Flu, Pneumonia: It’s Time for Weekly Virus Reports An epidemiologist on what public health officials can learn from meteorologists. 2024-12-23T05:01:23-05:00 ...