Chicken Culling, Disposal Raise Concern as Bird Flu Spreads July 19, 2024 By Leah Douglas The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts’ concerns that the process of...
Outbreak Continues to Grow as Bird Flu Found in Oklahoma Dairy Herd July 18, 2024 By Tom Polansek and Brijesh Patel Oklahoma has become the 13th U.S. state to detect bird flu in dairy cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed...
Scientists Concerned That a Bird Flu Pandemic Is ‘Unfolding in Slow Motion’ July 2, 2024 By Julie Steenhuysen and Jennifer Rigby Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind...
Food Safety Regulators Expand Bird Flu Testing in Milk Products June 26, 2024 By Leah Douglas and Julie Steenhuysen The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun testing more dairy products for evidence of the bird flu virus as...
Bird Flu Hits Texas, Kansas Milk in First Sign of Impact June 21, 2024 By Michael Hirtzer US milk production is starting to get hit by the bird flu virus, which first made the jump to cows...
Person With Bird Flu Dies in Mexico: WHO June 10, 2024 By Julie Steenhuysen and Adriana Barrera A person with prior health complications who had contracted bird flu died in Mexico in April and the source of...
Michigan Dairy Worker Diagnosed With Bird Flu May 28, 2024 By Mike Stobbe and Jonel Aleccia A Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case associated with an outbreak in...
US to Provide Nearly $200M to Contain Bird Flu Spread on Dairy Farms May 13, 2024 By Leah Douglas The Biden administration said on Friday it will provide nearly $200 million to fight the spread of avian flu among...
CDC Asks States to Make Worker Protective Gear Available to Combat Bird Flu May 7, 2024 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it had met with state health officials and...
Tests Show Pasteurized Milk Safe as Bird Flu Spreads April 29, 2024 By Julie Steenhuysen and Tom Polansek Additional tests of milk showed that pasteurization killed the bird flu virus, federal health officials said on Friday, as Colorado...