The risk to public health remains low, but concern about where avian flu will end up remains on the rise.
Since March, the number of infections has reached 94 dairy
In just the past few days, it seems as if the world has become serious about H5N1 influenza, otherwise known as bird flu. There’s even informed speculation by some
For the third time this year, a human has been reported to have been infected with bird flu.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced on Thursday
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Events in life often come to describe essential eras. Our grandparents had the Great Depression. We had had the Vietnam era. And so on.
I am hoping this time,
As Americans prepare to celebrate Memorial Day, anxiety hangs over some outdoor gatherings amidst fears of avian flu contaminating food supplies. While the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the widespread H5 bird flu remains a low health risk for humans. That assessment comes after a third
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The spread of bird flu to dairy cows, along with the discovery of viral fragments in 20 percent of retail milk samples, has turned an outbreak that long vexed
In the month after H5N1, bird flu spread to more humans, especially dairy cow herds, more experts in the United States are focusing more attention on the issue.
It was
Public health officials in Michigan are again warning against drinking unpasteurized, raw milk, this time because of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) that has been found in dairy herds.
Those Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses known as A(H5N1) that have led to the destruction of millions upon millions of birds around the world have, according to the Centers
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has returned to the Upper Midwest of the United States with a vengeance. After a break from spring through early fall, new case reports are