What to know about the bird flu outbreak in wild birds and what it means for backyard bird feeders
Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has been the toll on wild birds?
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US Sees First Outbreak Of H7N9 Bird Flu Since 2017
W hile the United States continues to deal with a significant outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu, officials have now reported the country’s first outbreak of H7N9 – another often deadly strain – in ...
Mississippi reports first outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu strain in US since 2017
Mississippi state and federal officials have confirmed an outbreak of a strain of bird flu not reported in the U.S. since ...
Deadly bird flu strain outbreak reported in US: How easily does it spread?
The U.S. reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country continues to ...
US reports first outbreak of deadly H7N9 bird flu since 2017
The United States reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country ...
Flu season hits hard in South MS, where cases have been ‘rampant’ and rates remain high
The 2024-25 flu season has brought the highest number of cases since 2009, by some estimates, with South Mississippi health care workers still seeing an influx of patients. The latest data from the ...
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Girl, 4, Goes into Cardiac Arrest from Flu Complications: ‘A Parent’s Worst Fear, Hearing a Flat Line’
Locklynn Boler will never be able to walk or talk, and will need a feeding tube, her family says, after complications from the flu caused her heart to stop GoFundMe A 4-year-old girl went into ...
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Flu cases in Central Ohio, Fairfield County remain high
Fairfield County had 1.7%, or 196, of those hospitalizations. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flu map, during the week of Feb. 22, Ohio and four other states had very ...
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Bird flu: Mass culling in three districts in Karnataka
Avian influenza , also known as bird flu, is a zoonotic viral disease that primarily affects poultry and may occasionally spillover to mammals, including humans and swine, they said. Cases of bird ...
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Flu shot less effective this season for some kids, CDC report suggests
The new data comes as the U.S. is now seeing signs of a slowdown in influenza, after a record wave that reached some of the worst levels since the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
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USDA to spend $1B as part of strategy to combat avian flu
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the Trump administration’s plan for tackling the avian flu in front of state agriculture leaders at the National Association of State ...
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'Brutal' flu season shaping up to be one of the worst in decades, health officials say
RICHMOND, Va. — We're in the middle of one of the most severe flu seasons in a decade, as over 900,000 hospitalizations have been caused by the virus nationwide since October 2024, according to ...