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...
US CDC Says Bird Flu Risk Low, but Asks States to Be Ready With Testing April 10, 2024 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday bird flu risk to the public remains low...
Lack of Immunity Raises Risk of Bird Flu Pandemic: EU Food Safety Agency April 4, 2024 By Sybille de La Hamaide The EU’s Food Safety Agency (EFSA) warned on Wednesday of a large-scale bird flu pandemic if the virus becomes transmissible...
Top US Egg Maker Idles Texas Plant After Bird Flu Outbreak April 3, 2024 By Gerson Freitas Jr. and Michael Hirtzer Cal-Maine Foods Inc., the biggest egg producer in the US, has culled roughly 3.6% of its flock after birds at...