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Doctors Describe Texas Dairy Farm Worker's Case of Bird Flu
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 – Doctors in Texas are describing the only known human case of H5N1 avian flu connected to the ongoing outbreak of the disease in dairy cows. Bird flu in humans remains extremely...
No Sign of Bird Flu in Ground Beef, USDA Says
THURSDAY, May 2, 2024 – After investigation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that the nation's ground beef supply is so far testing negative for the presence of H5N1 avian flu. In...
Avoid Raw Milk to Cut Risk of Bird Flu, Officials Urge
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – People drinking raw unpasteurized milk are at risk for potentially contracting bird flu, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday. “We continue to strongly a...
USDA Testing Beef for H5N1 Amid Current Outbreak in Dairy Cows
TUESDAY, April 30, 2024 – On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it is now testing ground beef for any presence of the H5N1 virus that continues to spread among dairy cows. The...
More Than Half of Cats on Farm Where Bird Flu Infected Cows Died After Drinking Milk
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – In yet another sign that bird flu is spreading widely among mammals, a new report finds more than half of cats at the first Texas dairy farm to have cows test positive for...
USDA Testing Beef Amid Bird Flu Outbreak in Dairy Cows
TUESDAY, April 30, 2024 – As bird flu continues to spread among dairy cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday it is now testing ground beef for any presence of the virus. The agency...
Climate Change Could Be Good News for Viruses Like COVID
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – Climate change – and closed windows – could be aiding the spread of airborne viruses like the one that causes COVID-19, a new study suggests. Increased levels of carbon...
FDA Says First Round of Tests Show No Live Virus in Pasteurized Milk
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – Live bird flu virus has not been found in any of the first batch of retail milk samples tested, federal health officials said Friday. Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in...
Dairy Cows Moved Across State Lines Must Now Be Tested for Bird Flu
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 – As bird flu continues to spread among dairy cows in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it will start requiring testing of the animals if...
Fragments of Bird Flu Virus Found in U.S. Milk Supply
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 – Bits of inactive bird flu virus have been discovered in samples of pasteurized milk from across the United States, health officials said Tuesday, although they stressed...
WHO Chief Sounds Alarm on Bird Flu Circulating in U.S. Cattle
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 – The H5N1 avian flu virus that's infecting U.S. cattle is increasingly showing up in mammals – a dangerous sign that it could someday easily infect people. That's the...
'One and Done': Scientists Develop Vaccine That May Fight Any Viral Strain
TUESDAY, April 16, 2024 – Genetics-based “one-and-done” vaccines for the flu and COVID could prove more effective and easier to craft than current jabs, researchers report. These new vaccines would t...
Animals Catch More Viruses From Us Than We Do From Them
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 – People worry about deadly viruses leaping from animals into humans, but a new study suggests that wildlife is more at risk than humans are. Roughly twice as many viruses...
COVID-19 Viral Load Rebound Can Occur After VV116, Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir
WEDNESDAY, March 20, 2024 – For patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, viral load rebound and symptom rebound can occur after a standard five-day course of treatment with VV116 or...
Man Dies in First Fatal Case of Alaskapox
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 – Alaska health officials say a man in that state has died after contracting Alaskapox, a rare virus that mostly infects small mammals. In a statement, the Alaska Section of...
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