H5N1 bird flu identified in pig for first time in United States By Jamie Gumbrecht and Brenda Goodman, October 30, 2024 H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. The USDA and Oregon veterinary officials are investigating bird flu cases in […]
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Exclusive: Emails Reveal How Health Departments Struggle To Track Human Cases of Bird Flu By Amy Maxmen, October 25, 2024 Bird flu cases have more than doubled in the country within a few weeks, but researchers can’t determine why the spike is happening because surveillance for human infections has been patchy for seven months. Just […]
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H5N1 avian flu isolate from dairy worker is transmissible, lethal in animals By Lisa Schnirring, October 28, 2024 In experiments designed to learn more about the threat from the H5N1 avian flu virus spreading from cows to people, researchers found that an isolate from a sick dairy worker may be capable of replicating in human […]
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Exclusive: US to begin bulk milk testing for bird flu after push from industry By Leah Douglas, October 30, 2024 Oct 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon begin testing bulk raw milk across the country for bird flu, a significant expansion of the agency’s efforts to stifle the rapid spread of […]
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United States undercounts bird flu in cattle as farmers shun testing By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek, August 15, 2024 WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, August 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. bird-flu outbreak in dairy cattle is much larger than official figures suggest due to farmers’ reluctance to test their animals and risk the economic consequences of a positive […]
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USDA reports reveal biosecurity risks at H5N1-affected dairy farms By Lisa Schnirring, June 13, 2024 Shared equipment and shared personnel working on multiple dairy farms are some of the main risk factors for ongoing spread of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu in dairy cows, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection […]
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Opinion: Good biosecurity critical to mitigating the spread of H5N1 By Tom Vilsack, June 21, 2024 The more we learn about H5N1, the more we understand that good biosecurity is a critically important path to containing the virus. Containing and eliminating the virus in our dairy cattle is essential – to protect the health of […]
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FDA says new study proves pasteurization process kills bird flu in milk after all By Alexander Tin, June 28, 2024 A pasteurization approach widely used in the dairy industry proved to be effective at killing bird flu in milk after all, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday, after an earlier federal lab study raised questions about […]
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USDA to Begin Accepting Applications for Expanded Emergency Livestock Assistance Program to Help Dairy Producers Offset Milk Loss Due to H5N1 June 27, 2024 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting applications starting on Monday, July 1 through its updated Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) to provide financial […]
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Why All the Fuss about Avian Influenza? Lauren Bryan, July 8, 2024 You’re coughing and you feel miserable. Is it “the flu”? Maybe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that, most years, around 30 million people in the United States will become ill with influenza, and more than 20,000 of them will die. But what […]
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