A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.

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Multiple state agencies, as well as the Little Rock Zoo, are continuing to monitor the spread of the avian flu in Arkansas.

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The explosive pattern of the 1918 pandemic makes it a benchmark for ... In 1997, 18 cases of avian influenza A H5N1 infection occurred in humans in Hong Kong. It soon became evident that the ...

In addition, there have been four influenza pandemics since the early 20th century, following the 1918 pandemic that killed an estimated 50 million people. All of them had origins in avian influenza.

A bird-flu pandemic is not an exhilarating prospect ... All the flu pandemics of the 20th century, however, including the disastrous 1918 influenza that killed 20 million people, began in birds.