If the influenza virus infecting cattle workers starts a pandemic, help in the form of a vaccine is months away ...
The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird ...
including filling doses of bird flu vaccine into vials to shore up the national stockpile. Earlier this month, federal health ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon begin testing bulk raw milk across the country for bird flu, a significant ...
In the heart of California’s dairy country, workers kitted in respirators, face shields and gloves are grappling with one of the largest bird flu outbreaks in history. California has reported 16 human ...
Swine can act as so-called “mixing vessels” for human and bird flus, giving avian viruses an opportunity to adapt for spreading in people.
The US will expand milk testing as part of efforts to curb the spread of bird flu in dairy cows, according to Agriculture ...
Scientific American: A Bird Flu Vaccine Might Come Too Late To Save Us From H5N1 H5N1 bird flu is here. It’s moving from animals to people in ways not seen before. It’s spreading to new species ...
dairy cows and dozens of farm workers who have had contact with them in the US – and now the highly infectious H5N1 bird flu virus has jumped to a pig in the US for the first time. This ...
First case of H5N1 virus detected in pig in U.S., raising concerns for public health officials. Genetic analysis underway, but risk to public remains low.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said there is no concern about the safety of the nation’s pork supply as a result of this finding. Government officials said a pig has tested positive for H5N1 ...