Avian influenza, or bird flu, is highly infectious in birds and usually fatal. While it doesn't spread to humans nearly as much, it has a high fatality rate.

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

Bird flu in humans. Bird flu symptoms in people can vary. The illness often comes on quickly and may start out with mild flu-like symptoms that include: Fever (100 F or higher) ...

Avian influenza, or the bird flu, is an extremely infectious respiratory disease that affects all domestic poultry, including laying hens, broilers, and turkeys, as well as waterfowl and game ...

Bird flu symptoms have been reported to be largely the same as the seasonal flu. Symptoms can include cough, a sore throat, head and muscle aches, fatigue and shortness of breath.

Bird flu continues to infect animals and humans in the United States, with symptoms that some may struggle to discern from human influenza. Scientists have already identified that the virus ...

The CDC says that symptoms of bird flu in humans are similar to forms of influenza that more commonly affect us. Avian flu virus infections in humans have ranged from mild to severe, it adds.

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising ...

Ecological divergence of wild birds drives avian influenza spillover and global spread. PLOS Pathogens , 2022; 18 (5): e1010062 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010062 Cite This Page : ...

The bird flu outbreak raised alarms in late March following reports of one human case and infections in dairy cows in Texas and Kansas. While the public health risk still remains low today due to ...