Jeremy Farrar, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist, said last week the risk of spillover to humans from the ...
Bird flu is, famously, a disease that infects birds. But earlier this week, federal and state authorities reported that a ...
The H5N1 strain was spotted in cows for the first time last month, shortly before a human case was detected in Texas Credit: Charlie Litchfield/File/AP There is a “strong possibility” that ...
Farms in several states are quarantining cows amid fears of rapidly spreading bird flu. Health officials in 18 states have placed restrictions on imports of cattle from states where the bird flu ...
B ird flu seems to be perennially in the news at the moment, and with more and more species succumbing to the virus, concern ...
As a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza spreads through the nation’s farms, local scientists are racing to answer that key question.
Cows have the same kinds of gateways into their cells as humans and birds, a new study shows. The finding suggests that cows ...
The highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, has affected tens of millions of farmed and wild birds in recent years. Over the last couple weeks, it’s begun to infect cattle — and one dairy ...
Bird flu has been hitting a little too close to home lately. In its testing of the commercial milk supply, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported on April 25 that 20% of milk samples ...
Bird flu has been hitting a little too close to home lately. In its testing of the commercial milk supply, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported on April 25 that 20% of milk samples ...
Bird flu is once again setting many of us on edge. Early this week, health officials announced a human case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Texas, one that may have been caught from ...