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H5N1 dairy cow study finds sustained milk production drop, extensive transmission across herd
In outbreak developments, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) ...
The pandemic propelled 3M’s N95 to international stardom. What’s next?
Few objects symbolize the pandemic as well as the N95. Impossible to find until they were ubiquitous, the double-strapped ...
Olean Times Herald7h
New York is testing milk for bird flu, particularly in raw milk
Bracing for the spread of a particularly infectious variant of bird flu, New York has started testing its dairy milk.
First cases of bird flu in humans confirmed in California
California health officials confirm human cases of bird flu linked to Central Valley dairy farms, with 37 workers and one ...
Daily Democrat on MSN10h
State Senate hears about response to bird flu outbreak
With California’s robust investment and experience in animal disease surveillance and detection, there’s little disagreement in agricultural circles that the state was well prepared for bird flu.
Study shows widespread H5N1 bird flu infection in cattle
Scientists are sounding alarms about a genetic mutation that was recently identified in four dairy cow herds, nearly one year ...
Las Vegas Weekly16h
After Nevada’s first human case of bird flu, experts discuss the state’s capacity to handle outbreaks
While humans can contract bird flu, UNLV professor and epidemiologist Brian Labus says the latest strains are “not a general ...
Would Connecticut be ready for an avian flu pandemic?
Most of those infections have been seen in wild bird populations, with two known instances of backyard poultry flocks ...
China Daily19h
H5N1 mutation detected in US dairy herds prompts caution on pandemic potential
SACRAMENTO, the United States -- Scientists are sounding the alarm about a concerning genetic mutation of the H5N1 bird flu virus, recently identified in four dairy cow herds, as this mutation could ...