The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to embark on a year-long study beginning next month that will test samples for ...
Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man ...
August 29The July bird flu outbreaks in two Colorado poultry facilities were ... April 29The Department of Agriculture told ...
In response to the outbreak, the USDA has announced that it will be increasing testing in meat processing plants, with a ...
An individual in Missouri has contracted bird flu, the first human infection unconnected to farm work in an outbreak detected in the spring when the disease was discovered among dairy cows.
A patient in Missouri was hospitalized with bird flu despite having no known contact ... Liu also emphasized that current testing for avian influenza is limited. "Knowing it is influenza A doesn ...
The current public health threat of avian influenza may be low, but the virus circulating on farms could mutate to become ...
A Missouri resident has tested positive for bird flu ... medication after a flu test turned positive. When that test didn't match the seasonal flu, it was sent for further testing and the H5N1 ...
BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The case of bird flu, also known as H5, was initially detected through the state's normal influenza surveillance testing program. The Centers for ...
Emilio Esteban, the undersecretary for food safety at the USDA, told reporters on a call earlier this month the new testing program ... also referred to as bird flu or H5N1, has been found in ...
