Tag: Bird Flu
USDA Testing Beef for H5N1 Amid Current Outbreak in Dairy Cows
Agency is stressing that the testing does not mean the beef supply is not safe
Florida Dolphin Found Infected With Bird Flu
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, April 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- H5N1 avian "bird" flu is making headlines this week, with new reports finding...
Dairy Cows Moved Across State Lines Must Now Be Tested for Bird Flu
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- As bird flu continues to spread among dairy cows in the United States,...
Fragments of Bird Flu Virus Found in U.S. Milk Supply
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Bits of inactive bird flu virus have been discovered in samples of pasteurized...
WHO Chief Sounds Alarm on Bird Flu Circulating in U.S. Cattle
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The H5N1 avian flu virus that's infecting U.S. cattle is increasingly showing up...
Texan Has Contracted H5N1 Bird Flu; CDC Calls Threat to Public ‘Low’
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, April 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- An unnamed person in Texas had been diagnosed with the H5N1 avian flu...
Bird Flu in Chilean Man Shows Virus Adapting to Human Spread
No other cases have been linked to the man infected with the H5N1 virus
Two Bird Flu Cases in Cambodia Did Not Spread Person to Person
The 11-year-old girl and her father both got the virus from poultry, international health authorities say
CDC Reports First American With New Bird Flu
However, the CDC notes that the risk to the general public is still low
Bird Flu Sweeping Through Poultry in Eastern U.S.
It is likely the virus is being spread by wild birds returning from winter feeding grounds
