Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a second type of bird flu found in dairy cows for the first time. This strain, known as D1.1, has only ever previously been ...
A new H5N1 bird flu mutation has appeared in a cluster of infected dairy cows. It's a genetic change that scientists say could not only make the virus more lethal, but increase its spread between ...
As a protective measure, the dairy farm is under quarantine, according to a statement from the AZDA. Although the cattle are asymptomatic ... However, the new bird flu strain, D1.1, has been ...
The CDC has said the risk to the general public from bird flu remains low. However, increasing outbreaks in livestock and humans in the U.S. have raised concerns among scientists that the virus could ...
Bird flu. With that diagnosis in mind, one of Russo’s colleagues tried to get some bovine samples tested for H5N1, but the ...
In prior bird flu outbreaks, there’ve been several documented cases of feline-to-feline spread, but ingestion seems to be the ...
A new low-cost sensor that detects airborne H5N1 avian flu in under five minutes, and a new vaccine approval sound good as ...
H5N1 is mainly transmitted through direct contact with infected birds or their droppings. The H5N1 strain is particularly ...
Avian flu is hitting California’s San Joaquin Valley hard — nearly 20 million chickens, ducks and turkeys have been killed in ...