6 wild birds in Maine test positive for West Nile virus, state’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) says By Russ Reed, July 31, 2024 AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that six wild birds from multiple counties in the state tested positive for the mosquito-borne West Nile virus. […]
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) moves to limit salmonella in raw poultry products By Devi Shastri, July 29, 2024 The Agriculture Department on Monday announced plans to limit salmonella in poultry products in the U.S., a proposal that officials say will keep contaminated meat off store shelves and lead to fewer illnesses. Under the […]
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Tick-Borne Diseases On the Rise in New England, How Will It Affect Farms? By Tom Venesky, July 27, 2024 As tick-borne diseases continue to increase across New England, a study in Vermont is looking into the significance of the risk to farmers. Cheryl Sullivan, a research assistant professor and entomologist with the University of Vermont, […]
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Dozens were sickened with salmonella after drinking raw milk from a California farm By Jonel Aleccia, July 10, 2024 Dozens of salmonella illnesses have been linked to raw milk from a California farm, a far wider outbreak than previously known, according to newly released state records. As of February, at least 165 people were sickened […]
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Maine Town Warned of Mosquito-Borne Illness By Leela Stockley, July 9, 2024 The town of Orono was notified by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention that mosquitoes in the area are carrying a virus that causes Jamestown Canyon Virus. According to the Town of Orono’s Facebook page, the community received a verbal notice from […]
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A Lyme vaccine is in late-stage trials. Could an anti-tick vaccine be next? By Cynthia McCormick Hibbert, July 1, 2024 As a vaccine against Lyme disease enters late-stage clinical trials, scientists around the globe are already looking beyond Lyme and exploring the possibility of an anti-tick vaccine that could effectively protect against all kinds of […]
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Anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease that’s on the rise in Canada By Sameer Chhabra, June 24, 2024 Tick experts are warning Canadians to be on the lookout for symptoms of a tick-borne disease whose case counts have been steadily increasing over the past 15 years. Anaplasmosis is an infection contracted by humans and animals caused by […]
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Bacteria May Play a Role in Mental Illness By Tracey Peake, NC State – June 13, 2024 Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder are three times more likely to have DNA from the pathogen Bartonella in their blood than adults without these disorders, according to a new study. The work further supports the idea […]
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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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