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FDA Says First Round of Tests Show No Live Virus in Pasteurized Milk
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- April 29, 2024
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Live bird flu virus has not been found in any of the first batch of retail milk samples tested, federal health officials said Friday.
Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows, the early findings should reassure the public that the milk sold in stores remai...
Fragments of Bird Flu Virus Found in 1 in 5 Milk Samples
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- April 26, 2024
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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.
Dairy Cows Moved Across State Lines Must Now Be Tested for Bird Flu
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- April 25, 2024
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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 identified [bird flu] spread between cows within t...
Fragments of Bird Flu Virus Found in U.S. Milk Supply
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- April 24, 2024
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Bits of inactive bird flu virus have been discovered in samples of pasteurized milk from across the United States, health officials said Tuesday, although they stressed the viral fragments don't threaten humans.
However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did note tha...
WHO Chief Sounds Alarm on Bird Flu Circulating in U.S. Cattle
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- April 22, 2024
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The H5N1 avian flu virus that's infecting U.S. cattle is increasingly showing up in mammals -- a dangerous sign that it could someday easily infect people.
That's the warning issued late last week by World Health Organization chief scientist Dr. Jeremy Farrar, CNN
Largest U.S. Egg Producer Says Bird Flu Detected in Chickens at Texas Plant
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- April 3, 2024
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A Texas plant full of egg-laying hens has been shut down temporarily after bird flu was detected in the animals.
Cal-Maine Foods, the largest egg producer in the country, said in a news release issued Tuesday that it...
Texan Has Contracted H5N1 Bird Flu; CDC Calls Threat to Public 'Low'
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- April 1, 2024
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An unnamed person in Texas had been diagnosed with the H5N1 avian flu after close contact with infected dairy cattle, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.
It's only the second case ever confirmed in the United States (the first was in Col...
Bird Flu Found in Dairy Cows in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- March 26, 2024
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Milk from dairy cows in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico has tested positive for the presence of bird flu, U.S. officials say.
In a news release issued Monday, the U.S. Departmen...
Bird Flu in Chilean Man Shows Virus Adapting to Human Spread
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- April 17, 2023
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Tests done on a Chilean man infected with bird flu showed signs that the virus has partially adapted to spread between mammals. However, the public health risk still remains low, U.S. health officials say.
“Those genetic changes have been seen previously with past H5N1...
Bird Flu Outbreak Killed New England Harbor Seals, Raising Alarms for Humans
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- March 15, 2023
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A strain of avian (bird) flu appears to be killing seals off the New England coast, heightening fears among scientists that mammal-to-mammal transmission could be happening.
If so, it would be a step towards something health experts have long dreaded: A strain of H5N1 ...
Two Bird Flu Cases in Cambodia Did Not Spread Person-to-Person
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 2, 2023
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Two cases of bird flu in Cambodia, in a girl and her father, were not spread from one to the other.
Both got the virus from poultry, according to health officials, easing concerns about a potential public health crisis, the Associated Press reported.
The 1...
U.S. To Test Vaccines in Poultry as Way to Curb Bird Flu Outbreak
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 10, 2023
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U.S. health officials are considering using vaccines in poultry to stem an ongoing outbreak of bird flu.
Scientists will begin testing the first vaccines for birds in years as the spread of avian influenza has killed about 58 million birds, according to the
CDC Reports First American With New Bird Flu, Says Risk to Public Low
- By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- April 29, 2022
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The first U.S. case of bird flu in a human has been confirmed in Colorado, federal and state health officials reported Thursday.
Still, the risk to the general public is low, the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stressed.
The patient, a 40-year-old ma...
Bird Flu Sweeping Through Poultry in Eastern U.S.
- February 25, 2022
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Mass cullings have been implemented as a highly contagious form of avian flu has swept across the eastern half of the United States in recent weeks, killing both farmed poultry and...
Chinese Man Hospitalized With H5N6 Bird Flu
- Robert Preidt
- July 15, 2021
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A man in China has been hospitalized with the H5N6 strain of avian flu, which is one of several potentially dangerous strains that can infect humans.
The 55-year-old man came down with a fever and tested positive for the virus on July 6. He was hospitalized in Bazhong, a...
Backyard Chicken Coops Pose Threat of 'Viral Spillover' to People
- Robert Preidt
- March 12, 2021
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Raising chickens in your backyard -- a popular trend during the COVID-19 pandemic -- holds risks that can come home to roost in an unwelcome way.
It's already well known that poultry can spread the salmonella bacteria to human handlers. But chickens cooped up in backyard...
How Getting a Flu Shot Could Save Your Life
- Robert Preidt
- January 16, 2019
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It's not too late to get your flu shot, which can protect you in ways that may surprise you.
The flu vaccine can be a lifesaver for people with heart disease, according to infectious disease specialist Dr. Michael Chang, assistant professor of pediatrics at Universit...