Where has the bird flu spread across the US? See map as virus continues to wreak havoc
More than 156 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United States since the ...
The wind may be partly to blame for bird flu spread between farms, a new study suggests
In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the ...
eLife6d
Global risk mapping of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and H5Nx in the light of epidemic episodes occurring from 2020 onward
Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...
Bird Flu Map Update as Nevada's First Human Case Is Detected
Nevada confirms its first human case of bird flu amid a growing U.S. outbreak impacting poultry, wildlife and the price of ...
STAT8d
Stopgap measures against H5N1 bird flu can only go so far
Which gave rise, recently, to a troubling thought: Will our efforts against H5N1 — or bird flu, as we know it — bind us to a similar Sisyphean-like struggle? But alone, they dismiss an ...
AgWeb1d
H5N1 Virus Found in Beef for First Time, FSIS Says
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...
Ars Technica5d
H5N1 testing in cow veterinarians suggests bird flu is spreading silently
The finding may not seem surprising, given the sweeping and ongoing outbreak of H5N1 among dairy farms in the US, which has reached 968 herds in 16 states and led to infections in 41 dairy workers.
STAT5d
Bird flu found in Arizona milk suggests another spillover from birds to cows
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 ...
Los Angeles Times6d
Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study
CDC report shows H5N1 infection in veterinarians who did not know they were working with infected cattle The veterinarians had no symptoms but have antibodies in their blood One of the ...