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Nature1d
Bird flu vaccine for cattle aces early test
As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before ...
Wisconsin Farmer20h
Wisconsin milk haulers will soon begin pulling samples from bulk tanks to test for bird flu
It's take awhile to iron out the details, but bulk haulers will soon be drawing milk samples from Wisconsin dairy herds to ...
The US hasn’t seen a human bird flu case in three months. Experts are wondering why.
Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...
Food & Wine16d
The Government Quietly Stopped Bird Flu Testing. Experts Say That’s a Huge Mistake
Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...
Salon20d
Bird flu isn't as silent as we think — experts caution the pandemic threat is still growing
Bulk milk surveillance is the main component of the National Milk Testing Strategy, which late in 2024 set out a roadmap for states to follow to eliminate H5N1 bird flu from cattle. But the ...
pharmaphorum1mon
CDC wants faster testing for bird flu in hospitals
Hospitals should expand and speed up testing of people hospitalised with influenza to see if they are suffering from bird flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Hill16d
How to test for and control bird flu before it’s too late
Another major obstacle to vaccinating poultry is that the antibody tests that many countries use to look for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza are often unable to distinguish a sick bird from ...
CBS News26d
California offering $25 gift cards to encourage bird flu testing
"Funding for the gift cards comes out of California's bird flu state emergency declaration funds. CDC does testing only and offers no incentives of any kind," a spokesperson for the California ...