2 days ago · H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers. While the current public health risk is low, CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures.

Between January and October 2023, at least 24,000 South American sea lions died from H5N1 flu, with the outbreak starting on the Pacific coast of Peru, moving down the coast to Chile and then up the Atlantic coast of Argentina.

Dec 29, 2023 · CDC is actively working on the domestic situation with clade 2.3.4.4b HPAI A (H5N1) viruses in wild birds and poultry outbreaks, including conducting surveillance among people with relevant exposures and preparing for the possibility that contemporary HPAI A (H5N1) viruses gain the ability for increased transmissibility to people.

5 hours ago · H5N1, Guest said, was in all 50 states by the end of 2023, transmitted by wild birds through their feces and saliva. "So, in 2024 we saw bird flu jump from our poultry and wild birds, to mammals ...

Jul 7, 2023 · From January 2022 to June 27, 2023, APHIS reported HPAI A(H5)/A(H5N1) virus detections in more than 7,000 wild birds in 50 states or territories and more than 800 commercial and backyard flocks in 47 states or territories. HPAI A(H5)/A(H5N1) viruses have not been detected in U.S. commercial or backyard flocks since April 19, 2023 and May 18 ...

Aug 9, 2023 · To date and since the introduction of avian influenza A (H5N1) in the Americas in 2014, three human infections caused by avian influenza A (H5N1) have been reported: the first in the United States of America, reported on 29 April 2022, the second in Ecuador, which was notified on 9 January 2023, and the third in Chile, which was notified on 29 M...

Mar 30, 2024 · On 23 February 2023, WHO was notified of one confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. The case was an 11-year-old girl from Prey Veng province, in the south of Cambodia. The patient passed away on 22 February 2023.

Jan 30, 2023 · One case of avian influenza A(H5) was reported in the United States in April 2022, in a person who had direct exposure to poultry presumed to be infected with H5N1. Ecuador reported its first case on January 9, 2023, in a 9-year-old …

Sep 1, 2023 · Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strains like H5N1 have caused significant outbreaks in birds. Since 2003 to 14 July 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) has documented 878 cases of HPAI H5N1 infection in humans and …

Feb 16, 2023 · Colonies of gannets have disappeared in Scotland, and at last count the disease has ripped through about 236 different wild bird species as diverse as bald eagles, vultures, pelicans and penguins.