1st Human Case Of H5N5 Bird Flu, Dies
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But bird flu is on the rise in the U.S. again. The recent jump in cases might hike the price of your Thanksgiving, but it won’t make dinner unsafe. Cooking poultry to 165°F kills the virus. Plus, infected poultry is unlikely to appear in the food supply in the first place.
A Washington state resident died from the H5N5 avian flu, marking a first-known human case, with health officials maintaining a low risk to the public.
Bird flu is the main factor for a decline in turkey meat supply this November and a reason why cooking Thanksgiving dinner could be more expensive.
Inflated food prices are already on the minds of Americans in the lead-up to the holidays, and bird flu has the potential to hinder Thanksgiving festivities, specifically. Will you be greeted by sky-high prices or poultry purchase limits when you head to the store for a holiday shop? Here's what we know.
Bird flu has been detected in swans at five locations in Northern Ireland. The discoveries in Belfast, Newtownards, Armagh, Newry and Dungannon follow four confirmed cases in kept birds across Northern Ireland. Earlier this month, a mandatory housing order for flock keepers was announced following reports of suspected cases of bird flu.
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vaccines could help,
Austria reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a goose farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Thursday, as Europe faces a surge in the deadly disease. The virus was detected in a flock of 645 geese in the town of Steyr,
According to a new study, an evolutionary shift around 2020 helped the bird flu virus adapt better to wild birds.