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In a Policy Forum, Erin Sorrell and colleagues – a coalition of virologists, veterinarians, and health security experts – ...
Chinese scientists have found out how the H5N1 virus initially invades the mammary glands of dairy cattle and may have ...
A recent EFSA scientific assessment reviews the emergence and spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 genotype B3.13, focusing on its outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle and evaluating ...
Kennedy Jr made a controversial suggestion as to how to tackle the problem of H5N1 bird flu: consider letting it run through ...
The Arizona Department of Agriculture, working closely with the USDA detected a strain of avian influenza in milk in Maricopa ...
The risk to the public remained low, but people in close contact with dairy cattle may be at an increased risk, the state ...
As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before they ignite a human pandemic. Now, a team of scientists has developed a ...
Bird-flu vaccines for cattle could reduce the risk of animal-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus. Credit: Dmitriy Shironosov/Alamy As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms ...
Bird flu is so lethal in poultry that more than 160 million birds have been killed during this outbreak, driving egg prices sky high. The first bird flu detected in cattle was in early 2024.
The H5N1 bird flu virus has spread among a variety of bird species, including chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, and many migratory wild birds. There have also been cases in humans and other mammals ...
Unfortunately, bird flu in cats is very serious and often deadly. If your cat has any symptoms of bird flu, such as a fever, little appetite, or acting sluggish, see your vet right away.
However, the new bird flu strain, D1.1, has been reported in more than a dozen humans exposed to infected poultry. The CDC noted on its website that bird flu’s risk to the public remains low.