Why fears of human-to-human bird flu spread in Missouri are overblown Hospital workers reported respiratory symptoms after encountering a Missouri patient with H5N1 who had not been exposed to ...

The Missouri Department of Agriculture is staying aware of the threat of H5N1 Influenza– the Bird Flu- ahead of the State Fair in Sedalia, Missouri starting next week.

An individual in Missouri has contracted bird flu, the first human infection unconnected to farm work in an outbreak detected in the spring when the disease was discovered among dairy cows.

The Missouri State Fair is just three weeks away, and with the rise of H5N1 Influenza cases in neighboring states, the Missouri Department of Agriculture is taking extra precautions for its ...

The Missouri case, first reported by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Friday, Sept. 6, is the first one found among the general public rather than in a livestock worker.

Dairy cattle traveling to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia will need to test negative for H5N1, or bird flu. H5N1 avian influenza was detected in dairy herds across the United States in spring.

Missouri reported its first confirmed human case of bird flu in a person who reported no exposure to animals, the state's health department said Friday. The case brings the national total to 14 so ...

So far, there have been 14 human cases of bird flu this year. All the patients — except the one from Missouri — had been linked to sick dairy cows or poultry.

A person in Missouri has been diagnosed with bird flu — despite never coming into contact with any animals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday.

How did a Missouri resident contract bird flu? Until now, direct contact with infected livestock has caused all the human infections with the H5N1 flu virus during the current outbreak.

The Missouri Department of Conservation has cancelled all poultry and waterfowl swap meets, auctions and shows in impacted counties, and Fisher said she strongly recommends against buying birds from ...

A few hundred dairy cattle of six different breeds come to the Missouri State Fair each year. Dairy cattle traveling to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia will need to test negative for H5N1, or bird ...