Canadian Teen With Suspected Bird Flu Is in Critical Condition
A Canadian teenager is currently in critical condition after contracting a suspected case of H5N1 bird flu, a British ...
KSMU13d
Bird flu in Missouri: KSMU speaks with Fenit Nirappil, public health reporter for the Washington Post
A Missouri bird flu case first reported by the CDC in September has drawn national attention. The CDC released findings ...
Food Safety News5d
Bird flu study findings have CDC calling for more testing of dairy farm employees
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that some dairy farm employees showed signs of infection, ...
Live Science on MSN13d
Bird flu could become deadlier if it mixes with seasonal flu viruses, experts warn
As of now, 17 states have reported H5N1 bird flu cases in humans, but there is still no evidence for transmission between people and the infections have been mild. Could that change?
AgWeb1d
H5N1 Virus Found in Beef for First Time, FSIS Says
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...
cidrap.umn6d
Scientists track emergence of novel H5N1 flu reassortant in Cambodia
In a preprint study yesterday, a team led by the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia published a detailed genetic analysis of the ...
Scientific American13d
A Bird Flu Vaccine Might Come Too Late to Save Us from H5N1
If the influenza virus infecting cattle workers starts a pandemic, help in the form of a vaccine is months away ...
Ag Briefs: The number of Wisconsin milk cows drop by 4,000 head from last year
The operation, dubbed Cold Meat 2, launched last week. It tracked 18,000 head of cattle raised in 100 square miles (260 ...
Colorado Public Radio4d
CDC study finds evidence of more bird flu infections among Colorado dairy workers, officials call for more use of PPE
A new study found some dairy workers showed signs of infection, even when they didn’t report feeling sick. Blood tests from ...
CNN on MSN13d
H5N1 bird flu identified in pig for first time in United States
H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department of Agriculture said ...
Canadian teen in critical condition with suspected case of bird flu
It's not clear how the British Columbia teenager picked up the virus, which has been detected recently in wild birds and ...