FAO urges nations to ramp up actions to blunt impact of H5N1 avian flu By Lisa Schnirring, March 17, 2025 In a briefing to member states today, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today urged countries to step up their actions to battle avian flu in the face of an ongoing surge […]
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H5N1 dairy cow study finds sustained milk production drop, extensive transmission across herd Lisa Schnirring, March 13, 2025 Scientists who examined the impact of an H5N1 avian flu outbreak in an Ohio dairy herd that had about 3,900 cows found a milk production drop in clinically affected cows that lasted 60 days and extensive asymptomatic […]
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Can Pets Get Bird Flu? 7 Symptoms to Look for in Cats and Dogs By Sarah Vincent, March 11, 2025 Bird flu has been making a lot of headlines since cases of the disease have surged, sending egg prices soaring and people into a slight panic of catching the disease. We know the risk of […]
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Trump administration takes aim at bird flu. For now, the cattle will have to wait By Megan Molteni and Helen Branswell, Feb. 26, 2025 The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday an additional $1 billion to help the nation’s poultry industry combat an accelerating outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza, which has devastated farmers and driven the price of eggs to record […]
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H5N1 strikes more poultry in 4 states; CDC updates details on recent human cases By Lisa Schnirring, February 24, 2025 In new H5N1 avian flu confirmations today, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that the virus hit more flocks in four states, including another massive layer farm in Ohio, […]
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US gives conditional nod to Zoetis’ bird flu vaccine for poultry February 14, 2025 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given a conditional approval to Zoetis to use its bird flu vaccine in poultry, the animal healthcare company said on Friday. Bird flu has infected nearly 70 people in the United States, with one death, since […]
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Wild Coast Raw sickens cats that tested positive for bird flu in Multnomah, Clackamas counties; state doctor warns of more cases By Jamie Parfitt, Alma McCarty, February 14, 2025 Two cats in Multnomah County were put down recently after contracting bird flu, an outbreak which agricultural officials in Oregon and Washington have linked to an […]
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Wyoming reports its first human H5N1 avian flu infection By Mary Van Beusekom, MS, February 17, 2025 woman living in Platte County has contracted Wyoming’s first case of H5N1 avian flu and is the fourth American to be hospitalized for the virus, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) confirmed late last week. The infected woman […]
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Bird flu found in Arizona milk suggests another spillover from birds to cows By Helen Branswell, February 14, 2025 It appears that there may have been another spillover of H5N1 bird flu virus from wild birds into dairy cattle. The Arizona Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it had found the virus in milk from […]
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U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu Jon Cohen, February 14, 2025 With egg prices in the United States soaring because of the spread of H5N1 influenza virus among poultry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) yesterday conditionally approved a vaccine to protect the birds. President Donald Trump’s administration may therefore soon […]
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