Bird flu, Massachusetts
Number of California dairy herds infected with H5N1 bird flu rises to 17
The mandatory testing comes as the total number of infected herds in California has risen to 17. Nationally, officials have announced 218 outbreaks across 18 states. In the last 30 days, however, California has accounted for all but two of the latest outbreaks.
U.S. wastewater tests detect bird flu virus only in areas with farm animals
An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu popping up -- but only in areas populated by farm animals.
A highly contagious bird flu strain infected hundreds of dairy cows. Testing shows Mass. dairy farms are virus-free.
On Monday state officials announced they had completed testing on all 95 licensed farms in Massachusetts that have dairy herds, the first state in the nation to do so. The results were “100 percent negative.” The testing program is likely to be repeated on a regular basis going forward, and could serve as a national model.
Mass. dairy herds ‘100 percent negative’ for bird flu, agriculture officials say
All Massachusetts dairy farms are 100 percent free of bird flu, state officials announced on Monday. At least 14 states across the country since March have herds that have tested positive for avian influenza,
No bird flu detected in Massachusetts dairy herds
Massachusetts health and agriculture officials said they detected no trace of bird flu after testing all dairy herds across 95 licensed farms.
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Flu season is coming—and so is the risk of an all-new bird flu
The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.
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Bird flu outbreaks made egg prices more expensive. Here's what to know
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is projecting that egg prices will decrease in the coming months. But experts said that ...
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Is bird flu spreading among people? Data gaps leave researchers in the dark
Mysterious US bird flu case in person without any known contact with an infected animal raises spectre of human-to-human ...
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Bird flu virus that infected a person in Missouri had a rare mutation
Genetic analysis of a bird flu virus detected in a person in Missouri who didn’t previously have contact with animals offers ...
Bird Flu Symptoms in Humans: How to Protect Yourself and Prevent This Rare But Serious Virus
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Mysterious bird flu case in Missouri was similar to strain circulating in cattle, CDC says
A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers ...
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The Download: training robots for unfamiliar environments, and all-new bird flu
September will soon be drawing to a close. The kids are back to school, and those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are ...
Apathy and ignorance towards bird flu and mpox prove we learnt nothing from Covid, say virologists
Political apathy and selfishness in the face of outbreaks of bird flu and mpox show that the world has not learned from the ...
Bird flu tests being developed as number of human cases rise across the country
Several labs will work with federal health authorities to develop a test for avian influenza, as the number of human cases ...
Gross 'Food Theft' Could Be Responsible for Spread of Deadly Bird Flu
The H5N1 virus, initially restricted to Eurasia and Africa, has since spread to North and South America and even reached ...