CDC, bird flu and testing of milk

Bird Flu Detected Among US Veterinarians Tested Last Year, CDC Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bird flu infections were detected among cattle veterinarians tested last fall, including two people with no known exposure to animals with the virus, according to a report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.
As bird flu spreads in cattle, some states still aren't part of US milk testing
Three of America’s top milk-producing states are not participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s program designed to catch the spread of the virus.
New strain of bird flu detected in a dairy worker, CDC says
The newer strain had been seen before in more than a dozen people exposed to poultry, but this is the first time an infection was traced to a cow. The Nevada dairy worker was exposed at a farm in Churchill County, in the west central part of the state, state health officials said.
New version of bird flu infects Nevada dairy worker
This version of the virus is circulating broadly in wild birds and is different from the virus that has been causing dairy cow outbreaks since early 2024, the CDC said.
Hundreds of species infected with bird flu, not just chickens, cows, humans | Fact check
Facebook post (direct link, archive link) makes a series of claims about bird flu. "Remember they are not killing the ducks, seagulls, eagles and quail," reads text in the post. "Strangely bird flu only affects chickens,
First Cows, Now Cats. Is Bird Flu Coming for Humans Next?
With so much H5N1 circulating in the U.S., scientists worry we are a few mutations away from a potential human pandemic.
Bird flu likely spreading undetected in humans: CDC
Bird flu may be spreading undetected in humans, according to a recently released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data posted last week in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report suggests the spread of bird flu between dairy cattle and humans has gone unchecked,
Bird flu is continuing to impact U.S. consumers. But, these states aren’t testing livestock for the virus
But, not all states have joined in the effort. Some notable states aren’t testing for the virus in their livestock even as ...
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Third avian flu spillover reported in Arizona dairy herd; raw pet food sickens Oregon cats
Echoing results from earlier California investigations into H5N1 infections in domestic cats, an investigation by agriculture ...
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New bird flu infections in Nevada dairy cattle signal the virus may be here to stay
Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with ...
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Nevada health district confirms state’s first human case of bird flu
NDA reported that the state received its first bird flu case in December 2024 in Nye County. In January, the NDA said ...