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California Child Infected With H5N1 Bird Flu, Source Unknown

A San Francisco child was infected with H5N1 bird flu in December 2024, according to the CDC. The source is unknown. The case ...
Visalia Times-Delta

What is H5N1? Global experts warn about bird flu spread. What's happening in California?

Experts warn about the possibility of a new pandemic in 2025 as the H5N1 bird flu virus spreads across all 50 states, impacting US dairy farms and leading to human infections. While bird flu has been ...
CIDRAP

CDC says avian flu may infect the gut, though risk is low

The CDC experts said overall the studies show that influenza A may infect mammals through nonrespiratory routes. Though ...
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Bird Flu Outbreak In US: The H5N1 Influenza Virus Is Mutating Fast, Existing Vaccines May Not Be Enough, Warns Expert

Bird Flu News: After battling the deadly pandemic-causing COVID-19 virus for over 5 years, the United States is now grappling with the highly transmissible H5N1 virus or bird flu virus. In a recent ...
Gizmodo

Move Over, H5N1—Another Bird Flu Strain Has Arrived in the U.S.

H5N1 isn’t the only version of bird flu that we should be worried about. Animal health officials reported Monday that a highly pathogenic strain of H7N9 bird flu was recently detected on a poultry ...

California cat euthanized after getting bird flu from raw cat food

The FDA said the cat got sick after it ate a batch of RAWR Raw Cat Food Chicken Eats sliders that tested positive for a ...
Los Angeles Times

Mexican child infected with H5N1 bird flu dies from respiratory complications

A 3-year-old girl died from respiratory complications due to H5N1 bird flu in Mexico The girl had no underlying medical conditions and no history of travel The strain is the same one implicated in the ...