Symptoms of the bird flu usually appear between two days and a week after being exposed, according to the AAFP. They're usually similar to seasonal flu symptoms, which include fever, cough, sore ...

In New Jersey, there are zero cases of bird flu, also known as avian influenza, among people, the official Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart showed as of May 13.

By Sara Frueh Over the past three years, bird flu — caused by the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus — has extended its reach around the U.S. and across many species. The virus arrived in wild birds, but ...

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the United States more than a year after the first human case was detected. Since then, at least 70 people have fallen ill and at least one death ...

The latest bird flu outbreak, which has persisted in the U.S. since 2021, involves over 168 million poultry. At the same time, the majority of new detections are in small backyard flocks and live ...

Variants of bird flu have been around for years, but the H5N1, an influenza A virus, variant was detected in 2024 and continues to plague the poultry industry. It has also started affecting large ...

In March 2024, bird flu was reported in U.S. dairy cows for the first time. As of Friday, the virus has infected more than 1,000 herds across 17 states, according to the U.S. Department of ...