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Bird Flu Is Infecting Cats (and the Occasional Dog). Here's What to Know.

Cats are highly susceptible to avian influenza, especially H5N1, with a recent increase in infections.

Bird flu suspected of killing dozens of captive tigers in Vietnam

Dozens of tigers and other animals in southern Vietnam died due to H5N1 bird flu after being fed sick chicken.

California reports a total of eight H5N1 bird flu outbreaks among dairy herds

California dairy herds with H5N1 have increased to eight, with investigations ongoing into the source and genetic similarities to earlier outbreaks.

Bird Flu Is Infecting Cats (and the Occasional Dog). Here's What to Know.

Cats are highly susceptible to avian influenza, especially H5N1, with a recent increase in infections.

Bird flu suspected of killing dozens of captive tigers in Vietnam

Dozens of tigers and other animals in southern Vietnam died due to H5N1 bird flu after being fed sick chicken.

California reports a total of eight H5N1 bird flu outbreaks among dairy herds

California dairy herds with H5N1 have increased to eight, with investigations ongoing into the source and genetic similarities to earlier outbreaks.
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Is Bird Flu Spreading Widely to Farm Workers? A Small Study Offers Some Reassurance

The article discusses the potential for bird flu to infect farm workers and the testing measures in place to monitor its spread.

How Poor Tracking of Bird Flu Leaves Dairy Workers at Risk

The bird flu outbreak on dairy farms poses a significant risk to farmworkers due to lack of testing, vaccination, and healthcare access.

Is Bird Flu Spreading Widely to Farm Workers? A Small Study Offers Some Reassurance

The article discusses the potential for bird flu to infect farm workers and the testing measures in place to monitor its spread.

How Poor Tracking of Bird Flu Leaves Dairy Workers at Risk

The bird flu outbreak on dairy farms poses a significant risk to farmworkers due to lack of testing, vaccination, and healthcare access.
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Scientists Are Testing mRNA Bird Flu Vaccines

Development of mRNA vaccines for bird flu in cows to protect humans. Plans for mRNA flu vaccines alongside traditional egg-based methods for potential pandemics.

Bird flu has been detected at the largest chicken egg manufacturer in the U.S.

Cal-Maine Foods halted production due to bird flu at one facility, losing part of its flock.
A man in Texas is the second in the U.S. to contract bird flu from an outbreak among dairy cattle.

Scientists Are Testing mRNA Bird Flu Vaccines

Development of mRNA vaccines for bird flu in cows to protect humans. Plans for mRNA flu vaccines alongside traditional egg-based methods for potential pandemics.

Bird flu has been detected at the largest chicken egg manufacturer in the U.S.

Cal-Maine Foods halted production due to bird flu at one facility, losing part of its flock.
A man in Texas is the second in the U.S. to contract bird flu from an outbreak among dairy cattle.
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Bird flu on dairy farms: U.S. offers aid to help track and contain outbreaks

U.S. health officials allocate $200 million to combat bird flu outbreak in dairy cows.

How Bird Flu Caught the Dairy Industry Off Guard

Experts highlight key reasons for delay in identifying bird flu outbreak in dairy cows, stressing importance of understanding factors for disease control and prevention.
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As bird flu spreads in cows, here are 4 big questions scientists are trying to answer

The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle raises concerns despite minimal risk to human health.

US FDA says pasteurized milk safe as bird flu spread in cows DW 04/27/2024

Pasteurized milk remains safe as it effectively kills the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), despite recent outbreak affecting cows.

As bird flu spreads in cows, here are 4 big questions scientists are trying to answer

The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle raises concerns despite minimal risk to human health.

US FDA says pasteurized milk safe as bird flu spread in cows DW 04/27/2024

Pasteurized milk remains safe as it effectively kills the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), despite recent outbreak affecting cows.
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Here's what worries scientists about bird flu's spread among cattle

Scientists are monitoring the bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle to understand the risk to humans.
The virus is not causing respiratory illness in cattle, raising concerns over possible mechanical transmission during milking.

What the CDC is doing to monitor and protect against bird flu

Bird flu found in dairy cattle for the first time in the U.S.
Low risk of human-to-human transmission of avian flu.

Here's what worries scientists about bird flu's spread among cattle

Scientists are monitoring the bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle to understand the risk to humans.
The virus is not causing respiratory illness in cattle, raising concerns over possible mechanical transmission during milking.

What the CDC is doing to monitor and protect against bird flu

Bird flu found in dairy cattle for the first time in the U.S.
Low risk of human-to-human transmission of avian flu.
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Moderna receives $176 million to accelerate development of pandemic bird flu vaccine as concerns grow

Moderna receiving $176 million for pandemic flu vaccine development following bird flu outbreak.

Is It Safe to Eat Eggs and Chicken During the Bird Flu Outbreak?

The ongoing bird flu outbreak has raised concerns about food safety in the U.S., particularly regarding poultry meat and eggs.
Proper handling and cooking methods, along with pasteurization of eggs, help mitigate the risk of infection from bird flu.

Moderna receives $176 million to accelerate development of pandemic bird flu vaccine as concerns grow

Moderna receiving $176 million for pandemic flu vaccine development following bird flu outbreak.

Is It Safe to Eat Eggs and Chicken During the Bird Flu Outbreak?

The ongoing bird flu outbreak has raised concerns about food safety in the U.S., particularly regarding poultry meat and eggs.
Proper handling and cooking methods, along with pasteurization of eggs, help mitigate the risk of infection from bird flu.
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Island off English coast to reopen to tourists two years after closing

The Farne Islands, home to thousands of seabirds, will reopen for tourists in the spring.
The National Trust is reopening Inner Farne after temporarily closing due to bird flu concerns.

Extreme heat may be crucial factor in human spread of bird flu

Extreme heat contributed to the spread of bird flu in Colorado, affecting workers' ability to wear PPE and handle infected birds.

Almost a dozen people have tested positive for bird flu. What to know about H5N1 disease spread and symptoms

The bird flu outbreak in Colorado has led to several workers at an egg farm testing positive for the disease.

A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here's What It Might Look Like.

The bird flu virus H5N1 has the potential to cause severe illness and spread among humans, based on evidence from animal cases and global data.

What U.S. dairy farmers fighting bird flu can learn from the poultry industry

The U.S. dairy industry faces challenges in dealing with a bird flu outbreak, as the egg industry offers lessons in biosecurity measures.
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