Tag: bird

Attorney General Brenna Bird announces new cold cases unit

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird held a news conference at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office June 18, 2024 announcing the creation of the cold case unit within the AG’s office. (Photo courtesy the Iowa Attorney General’s Office) Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced the creation of a cold case unit within the state office dedicated […]

Former CDC director predicts bird flu pandemic

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield said he predicts a bird flu pandemic will happen — it’s just a matter of when that will be. Redfield joined NewsNation on Friday to discuss the growing concern for bird flu, as the virus has been detected in dozens of cattle across the […]

Pasteurization may not clear bird flu virus from heavily infected milk

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – In raw milk samples spiked with high amounts of bird flu virus, small amounts of infectious virus were still detectable after treatment with a standard pasteurization method, researchers said on Friday. The findings reflect experimental conditions in a laboratory and should not be used to draw any conclusions about the […]

Bird flu is rampant in animals. Humans ignore it at our own peril

Mark Naniot remembers 2022 as the summer from hell. As the co-founder of Wild Instincts animal rescue in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, Naniot and his team spent the season sweating in gloves, gowns, smocks and masks and going through what felt like endless rounds of disinfection as they moved between the cages of the sick and injured […]