Insights and Stories on Avian Influenza

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Two dozen companies working to find bird flu vaccine for cows, US agriculture secretary says

Jun. 13, 2024 at 9:47 am CDT

Reuters – Twenty-four companies are working to develop an avian flu vaccine for cattle, as the virus spreads among U.S. dairy herds, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters on Wednesday. Bird flu has infected 90 dairy herds across 12 states since late March, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

EU to secure 40 million avian flu vaccines for 15 countries: officials

Jun. 10, 2024 at 10:34 am CDT

By Julia Payne

US to research possible respiratory spread of bird flu in cows

Jun. 7, 2024 at 2:03 pm CDT

By Julie Steenhuysen Leah Douglas P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

Bird flu outbreak reported in Minnesota dairy herd, the state’s first

Jun. 6, 2024 at 11:47 am CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas Reuters

Cows infected with bird flu have died in five US states

Jun. 6, 2024 at 9:28 am CDT

By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek Reuters

Bird flu reported in Iowa dairy herd, expanding US outbreak in cows

Jun. 5, 2024 at 4:16 pm CDT

Iowa, which is projected to be the tenth biggest milk-producing state this year, is the first new state to find an infected dairy herd since the U.S. confirmed an outbreak in Colorado on April 26.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Bird flu infects third US dairy worker; Michigan set to expand testing

May. 30, 2024 at 1:56 pm CDT

A third U.S. dairy worker tested positive for bird flu after exposure to infected cows, and was the first to suffer respiratory problems, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

By Julie Steenhuysen Leah Douglas Reuters Tom Polansek

Bird flu found in U.S. alpacas

May. 29, 2024 at 10:52 am CDT

The bird flu strain that has infected dairy cattle herds in nine U.S. states has been detected in alpacas, says the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Dutch government plans to vaccinate poultry against bird flu

May. 28, 2024 at 10:14 am CDT

Bird flu vaccines for laying hens are effective in practice, the Dutch government said on Tuesday, while confirming plans to vaccinate poultry against the virus.

By Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide

Raw milk containing bird flu virus infects mice in study

May. 24, 2024 at 3:11 pm CDT

Feeding raw milk contaminated with bird flu to mice infected them with the virus, adding to evidence that consumption of unpasteurized milk is not safe for humans, according to a study published on Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

By Reuters

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