Start Mass Testing Dairy Workers for Bird Flu
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bird flu ’s disturbing new turn into cattle
U.S. health officials are closely monitoring the recent leap of avian flu from birds to cattle — and earlier this month, to a Texas dairy farmer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stresses the current public health risk is low — the virus isn’t known to spread among people or through…#avian #anjaraudabaugh #westernuniteddairies #turlock #terrywlehenbauer #tulare #midwest #michaelpayne #universityofarizona #michaelworobey (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fragments of Bird Flu Virus Found in 1 in 5 Milk Samples
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Bits of bird flu virus have been discovered in roughly 20% of retail milk samples tested in a national survey, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.The finding suggests that bird flu has spread far more... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Bird Flu Virus Found in One in Five US Milk Samples, FDA Says
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are We Testing Enough for H5N1?
(MedPage Today) -- With H5N1 avian influenza causing unprecedented outbreaks in mammals around the world -- including U.S. dairy cattle -- infectious disease experts are raising concerns that the U.S. isn't doing enough to get ahead of any... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 26, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
One in Five Milk Samples Nationwide Shows Genetic Traces of Bird Flu
There is no evidence that the milk is unsafe to drink, scientists say. But the survey result strongly hints that the outbreak may be widespread. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes and Noah Weiland Tags: Avian Influenza Milk Food Contamination and Poisoning Supply Chain Shopping and Retail Viruses Food and Drug Administration Source Type: news
The U.S. government is taking action to stop ‘cow flu.’ Is it too little, too late?
The U.S. government announced new measures yesterday to slow the spread of the H5N1 influenza virus among cattle, following the revelation that milk sold commercially in 10 states contained fragments of the virus. An order issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) restricts the movement of dairy cattle between states and mandates the reporting of infected cows.
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comes as new genetic evidence suggests cattle infections with the virus, first announced on 25 March, may have started as early as the fall of 2023, and that the virus has likely circulated far beyond the 33 farms in eight states ...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 25, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
I've studied bird flu for 20 years and here's why I stopped drinking milk..as FDA begin testing dairy cows for deadly virus
Dr Rick Bright, a virologist and former director at the Department of Health and Human Services, revealed the decision online - saying he had concerns the virus could still be active in milk. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again
None The H5N1 bird flu virus is spreading through US cattle herds for the first time. • None The mammal-to-mammal transmission has scientists worried the virus could mutate to spread between humans. • None Former surgeon general Jerome Adams fears the US is making the mistakes of 2020 all over…#jeromeadams #bird #southamerica #jeremyfarrar #fda #purdueuniversity #donaldtrump #cdc #adams #usda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Colombia Restricts U.S. Beef Imports Amid Growing Worries Over Bird Flu Outbreak
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dairy Cows Moved Across State Lines Must Now Be Tested for Bird Flu
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- As bird flu continues to spread among dairy cows in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it will start requiring testing of the animals if they are moved across state lines.
The " USDA has... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 25, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
As bird flu spreads in cows, fractured U.S. response has echoes of early covid
Some officials and experts express frustration that more livestock herds aren ’t being tested for avian flu. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lena H. Sun, Rachel Roubein Source Type: news
From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic? – podcast
As bird flu is confirmed in 33 cattle herds across eight US states, Ian Sample talks to virologist Dr Ed Hutchinson of Glasgow University about why this development has taken scientists by surprise, and how prepared we are for the possibility it might start spreading among humansRead more Guardian reporting on this topicContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Ian Sample, produced by Madeleine Finlay, sound design by Tony Onuchukwu, the executive producer was Ellie Bury Tags: Science Bird flu Health Society World news Cattle World Health Organization Farm animals Farming Environment Source Type: news
More cows are being tested and tracked for bird flu. Here's what that means
U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in an urgent effort to understand and stop the growing outbreak (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
U.S. requires more dairy cows to be tested for bird flu as concerns grow
Dairy cows must be tested for bird flu before moving across state lines under a new federal order, as evidence mounts that the virus is more widespread than feared among American cows. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Fenit Nirappil, Lena H. Sun Source Type: news
