Even though 2024 marked the first time the H5N1 bird flu was reported in dairy cows, researchers have known for decades that influenza viruses can target the cells that make up mammary glands.
Bird flu has been found in samples of pasteurized milk in the US, prompting concerns about spread of the virus
Dairy cows across the country are infected by the H5N1 bird flu. The virus isn’t spreading among people, but scientists are on guard for changes in the strain currently circulating in cattle.
A form of avian influenza that is highly fatal in birds has been confirmed in California dairy cattle, the state’s Department of Food and Agriculture announced on Friday afternoon. No human cases have been confirmed and the virus, an influenza subtype known as H5N1, is not considered a significant public health threat, according to state health officials. At this stage, there is no concern about the safety of the commercial milk or food supply, they said. But doctors are monitoring the farmwor...
(Bloomberg) -- A Michigan farmworker who tested positive for bird flu is just the second person to have been infected since an outbreak in US cattle appeared in March. Surveillance of sewage sugges...
Health officials say there's very little risk to humans from the bird flu outbreak among dairy cattle, but there's still much they don't know. Here are four questions scientists are trying to answer.
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Even a peep of news about a new flu pandemic is enough to set scientists clucking about eggs.... H5N1 bird flu virus requires two shots and a whopping 90 micrograms of antigen, yet provides...
As a deadly form of avian influenza keeps ravaging bird populations around much of the world, scientists are also tracking infections among other animals — including various types of mammals more c...