The CDC just confirmed the first case of severe bird flu in the U.S, and California just declared a state of emergency.
A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator.
As the bird flu situation develops in the U.S., scientists told Newsweek the virus could become a pandemic--depending on what happens next. Right now, California is the epicenter of the outbreak ...
The virus has been found in raw milk, deepening concerns about bird flu's spread. Experts discuss the symptoms and how to ...
And if a bird flu pandemic was to break out, it would be "remarkably severe" in humans because we have no built-up immunity, she added. The US farm worker cases have been relatively mild so far.
Instead, she explained that, to curtail a potential bird flu pandemic — or any pandemic, for that matter — the government should focus on preventing the virus from infecting more farm workers ...
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/AFP Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and ...