CDC ends emergency response to H5N1 bird flu

'Disease control activities' completed amid vital update on bird flu protection zone

A protection zone set up after 'highly pathogenic avian influenza' was confirmed in poultry in part of West Yorkshire has now been lifted.

U.S. Ends Its Bird Flu Emergency Response As Infections Disappear

by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to bird flu, as human infections have ceased. The virus’s ability to infect seems to have abated for now. Scientists have been perplexed as to why the bird flu has ceased infecting humans in the United […]

Dutch Lab Breeds 100% Fatal Mutant Bird Flu That Spreads Between Mammals

Engineered strain spread between ferrets, caused brain damage, and led to fatal organ failure, study shows

Preventing Pandemics Needs Every Tool in the Toolbox – Including Animal Vaccines

Dr Susana Pombo addresses the WOAH General Session in May. Credit: WOAH/Maurine TricBy Susana PomboLISBON, Jul 9 2025 (IPS) Just five years on from the Covid-19 pandemic, another animal-borne disease is mutating and spreading across borders and species. Avian influenza has already resulted in the loss of more than 630 million birds in the last 20 years. And new figures from the inaugural State of the World’s Animal Health report find that the nu…

CDC declares bird flu emergency over as experts warn of possible fall resurgence

The CDC deactivates its H5N1 bird flu emergency response due to declining infections and an absence of human cases since February, with the agency now saying the public health risk is low.

Emergency Response to Bird Flu in US Ends Amid Decline in Infections

The emergency response to the bird flu has ended, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on July 7. “As reports of animal infections with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus (“H5N1 bird flu”) have declined and no human cases have been reported since February 2025, on July 2, 2025, CDC’s H5N1 emergency bird flu response was deactivated to transition back to regular program activity,” a spokesperson for the agency told news outlets in a sta…