H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

“At this point, person-to-person transmission of Avian Influenza has not been noted in the U.S. and the public health risk remains low. However, it continues to be on our radar,” he noted.

While avian flu is currently infecting US poultry at record high levels, experts at Yale maintain that the threat to humans is still low — although public health officials should remain vigilant with ...

The primary transmission pathway for bird flu remains through contact with infected birds. These animals can shed the virus through various bodily fluids including saliva, nasal secretions, and feces.

Nature - Pause on avian flu transmission studies. Despite the positive public-health benefits these studies sought to provide, a perceived fear that the ferret-transmissible H5 HA viruses may ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza can be transmitted among farms by wind, according to a recent study that found air-intake systems spread H5N1 in the Czech Republic.

'Food theft' among seabirds could be transmission point for deadly avian flu. ScienceDaily . Retrieved July 12, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 09 / 240916115428.htm ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to-human transmission ...

Temperature, nearby species could affect avian flu transmission in migrating birds. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 11 / 221109124406.htm.