Health officials in California are now offering gift cards to encourage folks near farms to get tested for bird flu.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses were found in 38 people in CA from Sept. 30 to Dec. 24, 2024, including the first pediatric case in the US.

Rice / California Agriculture Every winter, millions of migratory birds fly south to warmer locales, passing over California Central Valley dairies and poultry farms. Many of these wild waterfowl are ...

Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or vaccinated for the avian flu.

As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, ...

Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...

However, another strain of flu that often makes headlines is the bird flu, also known as avian influenza. While both bird flu and regular flu are caused by influenza viruses, their origins ...

Outreach workers who teach farmworkers about the bird flu, provide protective gear, and connect them with tests say they noticed a dramatic shift — first in California, the state hit hardest by the ...

In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading ... a veterinary researcher at the University of California, Davis. So far, H5N1 flu hasn't acquired the key trick of passing with ease ...

Immigration raids and threats have undermined efforts, according to researchers. This is a KFF Health News story. Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the ...