Maybe these aren’t mysteries but food science problems that will be quickly solved like all the others.
Or not.
The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is a highly contagious disease and often deadly in poultry and now other animals.
It is all leaving behind the feeling of mystery.
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Continue Reading Keeping another pandemic at bay is now the job of food science
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.
The virus has been found in dairy cattle in eight states, including Michigan. It has also been detected in wild
Continue Reading Michigan officials warn against raw milk amid outbreak of bird flu
A second person in the United States has tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus. It was reported by Texas and confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
This person had exposure to dairy cattle in Texas and was presumed to be infected with
Continue Reading 2nd human Avian influenza virus infection reported in the U.S. – Risk remains low
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 for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), also caused 19 human illnesses in eight countries.
Nine of these sporadic human cases were
Continue Reading Five human deaths blamed on Avian flu with no signs of letting up
The Avian influenza summer break is not only over, it has been smashed. In the past 30 days, the virus has spread to 106 commercial flocks in 23 states. And California is the latest to report outbreaks —in two broiler operations in Stanislaus County and an egg-laying business in Sonoma
Continue Reading The avian flu virus is rapidly spreading through commercial flocks in the U.S.
After a summer pause, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epidemic in the United States resumed last month, first as a single event, then as a cluster of cases, and it is now spreading across at least 14 states.
The new outbreak cases first took the dead bird total to
Continue Reading Avian flu kills more than 61 million birds, but CDC still sees only a slight threat to humans
Avian flu is taking a holiday. It’s been three months since the H5N1 bird flu struck commercial poultry flocks in the United States.
After a long string of infections required America’s poultry business to depopulate their flocks by 58.7 million birds in 2022-23, there is a welcomed break in the
Continue Reading Break in Avian flu infections by commercial flocks, but the future isn’t known
The first confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States since 2017 does not threaten human health, according to experts.
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of the H7N3 avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in Chesterfield County,
Continue Reading Highly pathogenic avian flu in SC turkey flock is no threat to human health
