A day after the first human case of the bird flu had been reported in Ohio, a new study from the CDC has been released on the topic, suggesting that some people didn’t even know they had a bird flu infection.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers the current risk of bird flu for the general public to be low. However, people with close and prolonged, unprotected contact with infected birds are at greater risk.

A new report suggests that more Americans may be walking around with bird flu − and not even know it. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with help from Ohio State University experts,

A Mercer County farm worker has the first probable case of bird flu in a human in Ohio. The adult male came into contact with dead commercial poultry infected with bird flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers the risk of humans contracting bird flu to be low,

For three straight weeks, Ohio is at the highest level of flu spread, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest data, over 900 infant deaths happened in Ohio in 2022.

Influenza cases continue to mount with the virus reaching activity levels in the U.S. not seen for the last 15 years, according to the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention.

Ohio is among 19 U.S. states reporting high respiratory virus activity, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported recently. Across the country, flu-related outpatient visits have surged to their highest levels since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic,

Ohio Department of Health. The case comes as the CDC also reported evidence of undetected H5N1 infections among three U.S. veterinarians. Here are three more bird flu updates: The farm worker's condition was not disclosed,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there have been 68 confirmed cases of bird flu in humans. Just this week, one confirmed case here in Ohio. OSU professor of veterinary medicine Andrew Bowman says the university helped the CDC in their research.

Flu cases are hitting a 15-year record, and the CDC is showing Ohio is a hotspot. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7′s Amber Jenkins is speaking with doctors for insight into why the number of cases is so high and how to treat the illness on News Center 7 at 5:30 p.

Ohio overdose deaths saw an 8.7% decrease from 2022 to 2023, exceeding the U.S. overdose decrease of 4% over that same time according to a recent study by the CDC. Ohio went from 45.6 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022,