Reading Time: 2 minutes Farm workers who have been exposed to animals with bird flu should be tested for the virus even if they do not have symptoms, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
US expands bird flu testing after finding symptom-free infections in people
US to begin bulk milk testing for bird flu after push from industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon begin testing bulk raw milk across the country for bird flu, a significant expansion of the agency's efforts to stifle the rapid spread of the virus, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters.
US detects H5N1 bird flu in a pig for the first time
Reading Time: 2 minutes H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.
US confirms two human bird flu cases in Washington state
Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday confirmed two of the four presumptive positive bird flu cases among poultry farm workers in Washington state.
State and industry input led US farm agency to relax bird flu testing order for cows
Reading Time: 3 minutes The U.S. Department of Agriculture weakened an emergency order last spring designed to prevent the spread of bird flu among the nation's dairy cattle after pushback from state and industry officials, according to state and federal records seen by Reuters.
Cows dead from bird flu rot in California as heat bakes dairy farms
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cows in California are dying at much higher rates from bird flu than in other affected states, industry and veterinary experts said, and some carcasses have been left rotting in the sun as rendering plants struggle to process all the dead animals.
California reports five possible human bird flu cases
Reading Time: < 1 minute California is investigating five possible human cases of bird flu among dairy farm workers, in addition to the six cases previously confirmed in the state, the state health department said on Monday.
Two additional human bird flu cases confirmed in California
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. and California health officials confirmed two new cases of H5N1 bird flu in dairy farm workers in the state on Friday, bringing the total of infected dairy workers in that state to six, and the total of human cases nationwide this year to 20.
Two California dairy farm workers test positive for bird flu
Reading Time: 2 minutes Health officials in California are monitoring other exposed workers for symptoms on two dairy farms where two human cases of bird flu were confirmed on Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
U.S. farmers call for vaccine option to fight bird flu as wildfowl migration begins
Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. farmers are increasing pressure to allow vaccinations for chickens, turkeys and cows to protect them from bird flu infections that have devastated flocks for three years,
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