The largest fresh egg producer in the US has found bird flu in chickens at Texas and Michigan plants
The largest fresh egg producer in the U.S. says it has stopped production at a plant in the Texas Panhandle after bird flu was found in the flock (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
The largest fresh egg producer in the US has found bird flu in chickens at Texas and Michigan plants
By KEN MILLER The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens, and officials said the virus had also been detected at poultry facility in Michigan. In Texas, Ridgeland, Mississippi-based…#kenmiller #michigan #ridgeland #mississippi #calmainefoodsinc #avianinfluenza #parmercounty #newmexico #amarillo #dallas (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How prepared the U.S. is for a bird flu pandemic
Federal officials are preparing for the possibility of additional human cases of bird flu, testing components to create an H5N1 vaccine after a Texas dairy worker was infected with the highly virulent virus. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rachel Roubein, Lena H. Sun Source Type: news
'It's a matter of when, not if': DailyMail.com asked seven bird flu experts if the H5N1 case in Texas raises risk of a future pandemic... this is what they said
While there is no sign of person-to-person spread - a development that would signal the start of a human epidemic - experts say the ease with which the strain is jumping between species raise the risk of it evolving to infect us more easily. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Curb Bird Flu, Taxpayers Pay Millions to Kill Poultry. Is It Needed?
Big poultry farms have received millions of dollars for their losses. Animal welfare groups contend that aid reinforces inhumane cullings of birds exposed to the virus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Poultry Agriculture and Farming Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare Avian Influenza Factory Farming Eggs Viruses Agriculture Department Jennie-O Turkey Store (Barron, Wis) American Veterinary Medical Assn Tyson Foods Inc Source Type: news
Bird flu in humans, explained
Here ’s what to know about bird flu, its symptoms and treatment, and its risk to humans and pets. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lindsey Bever, Annabelle Timsit, Rachel Roubein, Lena H. Sun Source Type: news
U.S. dairy farm worker infected as bird flu spreads to cows in five states
Texas officials today issued a
“health alert”
about the first confirmed case of a human infection with a bird influenza virus that has found its ways into dairy cows. The worker developed conjunctivitis, a mild eye infection that frequently occurs when avian influenza viruses jump into humans.
The case is the latest surprise in the global march of the flu strain, a subtype of H5N1 known as clade 2.3.4.4b that has devastated wild birds and poultry around the world for more than two years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says it has confirmed that the virus has infected cattle at farms in...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 2, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
First human case of bird flu reported in Texas, following exposure to infected cattle
The first human case of bird flu in Texas has been reported, after exposure to infected dairy cattle. It is the second recorded case of the " highly pathogenic avian influenza " in the United States, according to the CDC. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bird flu detected in dairy worker who had contact with infected cattle in Texas
This is the second case of a human sickened by this highly virulent strain of bird flu in the United States, raising questions about whether this pathogen is now more easily transmitted among mammals. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lena H. Sun, Rachel Roubein Source Type: news
Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle
The case adds another worrying wrinkle to a global outbreak that has devastated bird and marine mammal populations, and recently appeared in cattle herds. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: Avian Influenza Cattle Agriculture and Farming Mammals Dairy Products Birds Viruses Livestock Diseases Agriculture Department Texas Source Type: news
Person is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texas
A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu — an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
White House's secret bird flu scare: Biden admin fears H5N1 could start next PANDEMIC after being briefed last week that a Texan farmer had caught virus from a COW
A person in Texas has been infected with bird flu after they were in contact with infected cattle. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Person in Texas diagnosed with rare bird flu case
There has only been one other human case of avian flu in the US, and the risk to the public is low. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Person in the U.S. Tested Positive for Bird Flu
In a rare case, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on April 1 that a person in the U.S. has tested positive for avian influenza, also known as bird flu. Despite the positive test, however, the CDC says risk to the general public remains low.
Health officials have been tracking an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza since a new variant emerged and began killing birds on multiple continents in 2020. Sixty-seven countries reported outbreaks in 2022, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), followed by another 14 in 2023. Human cases, however, remain rare. Only 11 infectio...
Source: TIME: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Person diagnosed with bird flu in Texas after contact with cows
A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu, an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows, health officials said Monday. The patient is being treated with an antiviral drug and their only reported symptom was eye redness, Texas health officials said. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
