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Human H5N1 cases in the U.S. are rising. That’s bad timing with flu season, bird migrations just months away

The sheer scale of the U.S. bird flu outbreak is hard to fathom.  More than 100 million farmed birds have…

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2 more poultry workers in Colorado infected with H5N1 bird flu: CDC

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed two additional cases of bird flu in Colorado poultry…

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Bird flu strain in U.S. cow outbreak not easily spread by air, ferret study shows

The bird flu strain found in cows in the United States is not easily transmitted through the air among ferrets, a new…

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Mexico says patient died of chronic disease, not H5N2 bird flu

A man who contracted bird flu in Mexico died due to chronic diseases and not the virus, Mexico’s health ministry…

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WHO confirms 1st fatal human case of H5N2 bird flu

Health The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a man in Mexico has died from a subtype of avian…

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2nd person working with cows in Michigan got bird flu, health officials say

Another Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu, the third human case associated with an outbreak in U.S.…

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Canadian scientists launch early warning system to spot traces of H5N1 bird flu in milk

It all started with a few text messages in late April. Several well-known Canadian scientists — Toronto-based infectious diseases specialist…

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Bird flu in U.S. cows caught scientists by surprise. Canadian research has seen it coming since 1953

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

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Canadian dairy farmers urged to think about bird flu protections as U.S. identifies 2nd case

As the U.S. identified a second human case of bird flu linked to dairy cows this week, some Canadian dairy…

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2nd human infected with H5N1 bird flu in U.S., CDC says

A Michigan farm worker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case associated with an outbreak in…

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