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H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with infected animals or their bodily fluids, but the new ...
Texas became the seventh state to ban lab-grown meat and joins Indiana, Nebraska, Montana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
Over 50% of cats on a Texas dairy farm contracted an infection after consuming H5N1-contaminated cow milk. However, the infectious dose required for humans to become sick from drinking ...
Public concern over bird flu ratcheted up this week as the H5N1 virus continued its sweep through the nation's dairy and ...
Five House members from California’s San Joaquin Valley led by Rep. Jim Costa, a Democrat, sent Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins a letter on Tuesday urging her to develop and evaluate an H5N1 ...
Until last week, all bird flu in dairy herds had been identified as the B3.13 variant, which was believed to have come from ...
"Because avian H5N1 viruses cross the species barrier and adapt to dairy cattle, each associated human infection presents further opportunity for mammal adaption," the study authors wrote in ...
H5N1 has been confirmed in dairy cattle in nine states, has been found in milk and has prompted the slaughter of millions of chickens and turkeys. But finding it in beef is a new development for ...
The study, published in medRxiv, examined the stability of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in raw cow and sheep milk, with researchers simulating storage conditions common in dairy settings.