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AUSTIN, Texas — State officials have confirmed cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) – also known as bird flu – ...
The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections ...
Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds. But the potential for influenza A viruses that ...
It was a first for cows last March when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the highly pathogenic avian flu virus ...
The University of Maryland and USDA Agricultural Research Service researchers have secured $648,881 to develop a nasal vaccine that can prevent H5N1 bird flu in dairy cows. The funding comes from the ...
In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading across the globe for nearly three decades did something wholly unexpected: It showed up in dairy cows in the Texas Panhandle. A dangerous bird ...
Preliminary testing indicates a red fox taken to the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center from the town of Hamilton in Loudoun County ...
Health officials in Mexico say a 3-year-old girl from the western state of Durango is the country’s first confirmed human case of bird flu.
Kennedy Jr.’s efforts regarding the bird flu outbreak. In a Tuesday letter, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Emily Randall (D-WA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), and House ...
In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading across the globe for nearly three decades did something wholly unexpected: It showed up in dairy cows in the Texas Panhandle. A dangerous ...
Maryland on Nov. 4, 2009. Along with regulating consumer products, including pet food, the FDA provides approvals for vaccines and tests that are critical to the federal bird flu response.
The Delmarva poultry industry remains on high alert despite no new cases of avian influenza being detected in commercial flocks for over a month. The outbreak has resulted in the culling of 1.5 ...