Avian flu is a common illness among birds, but it can spread to humans and other mammals. The virus is shed through ...
Philadelphia health officials say a goose found next to Carroll Park in West Philadelphia had highly infectious bird flu.
A snow goose in West Philadelphia ’s Carroll Park neighborhood is the city’s first suspected case of a highly contagious ...
City health officials say the snow goose was found in West Philadelphia on Jan. 11. Preliminary state testing was positive ...
Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.
They also said a genetic analysis had suggested the bird flu virus had mutated inside the patient, which could have led to the more severe illness. They have disclosed few other details about the ...