Jeremy Farrar, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist, said last week the risk of spillover to humans from the ...
While scientists say the current evidence does not suggest a high pandemic risk, they are calling for urgent investigations into the virus, its spread into cows ... spread to people. The US said the ...
As of Monday, nine US states had reported outbreaks ... threat level had risen: “Firstly, cow infections with avian flu on this scale is something new; what else has the virus ‘learnt ...
Cows in 46 herds across nine states have been infected by the virus with officials now preparing for any transmission of the ...
Cows have the same kinds of gateways into their cells as humans and birds, a new study shows. The finding suggests that cows ...
A cow-cuddling craze in the US could be under threat due to a bird flu outbreak ... "This is to protect the cows and people," he added. Restrictions could mean economic difficulty for some ...
Scientists are concerned about bird flu becoming established in a new species because this suggests it has acquired mutations enabling it to infect and spread between new animals - and people.
It likely began earlier than that and was not detected because we don’t do thorough surveillance. In the U.S., only ... they had sick cows.” She also reported infections in people with no ...
GENEVA, April 30 (Reuters) - There is a risk that the H5N1 bird flu virus, present in many wild birds, may infect cows ... U.S. CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the information ...
HEALTH officials are testing ground beef sold in US supermarkets for traces of killer bird flu as the virus spreads to cows.
A genetic analysis sheds light on when the outbreak began, how the virus spread and where it may be going. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes The bird flu virus sweeping across dairy farms in ...
Hundreds of people have been infected with the H5N1 virus since 2003 but, until now, they have all caught it from birds. The current bird flu outbreak ... up in the US in dairy cows, who were ...