Bird flu can also cause respiratory and classic flu-like symptoms, including cough, runny nose, fever, sore throat, body aches, headaches, fatigue, shortness of breath, and pneumonia, the CDC says. Some people in the U.S. who have caught bird flu have experienced respiratory symptoms as well.

A rare case of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has been confirmed in a child in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The child, who is a resident of California,

California's public health department had reported the case on Tuesday, but said there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus. The CDC affirmed that currently there was no evidence of person-to-person spread of H5N1 bird flu from this child to others,

The US The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the country's first H5N1 bird flu infection in a child.

A wildlife sanctuary in Cornwall with more than 1,300 exotic and rare birds is on alert after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in a nearby village. Keepers at Paradise Park in Hayle have introduced strict biosecurity measures to reduce the possibility of the disease infecting the bird collection after the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was found on a poultry farm near Rosudgeon.

Per a statement released jointly by the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona Department of Agriculture on Nov. 25, poultry in a backyard flock within the county tested positive for bird flu.