Deborah Birx, a physician who served as former President Trump’s coronavirus response coordinator, warned that the United States is making the “same mistakes” with the bird flu as it did with COVID-19. “This is why I’m really concerned because we’re making the same mistakes today that we made with COVID. And what do I mean […]
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Scientists are testing mRNA vaccines to protect cows and people against bird flu
The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows is prompting development of new, next-generation mRNA vaccines — akin to COVID-19 shots — that are being tested in both animals and people. Next month, the U.S. Agriculture Department is to begin testing a vaccine developed by University of Pennsylvania researchers by giving it to calves. The […]
Trump allies spin guilty verdict and third bird flu case detected: Morning Rundown
Donald Trump becomes the first former president to be convicted of a crime. A third person in the U.S. is infected with bird flu. And neighbors in California express shock at the arrest of an 81-year-old in “serial slingshot” shootings. Here’s what to know today. Donald Trump guilty of all 34 felony charges A New […]
A 2nd Michigan dairy farm worker has bird flu, CDC confirms. Here’s what to know.
A Michigan dairy farm worker has become the third person in the United States — and the second in Michigan — this year to contract bird flu, also known as avian influenza, amid the latest outbreak among cattle, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on May 30. It’s the first of 2024’s three […]
A 2nd Michigan dairy farm worker has bird flu, CDC confirms. Here’s what to know.
A Michigan dairy farm worker has become the third person in the United States — and the second in Michigan — this year to contract bird flu, also known as avian influenza, amid the latest outbreak among cattle, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on May 30. It’s the first of 2024’s three […]
Farmers must kill 4.2 million chickens after bird flu hits Iowa egg farm
FILE – Chickens stand in their cages at a farm, Nov. 16, 2009, near Stuart, Iowa. More than 4 million chickens in Iowa will have to be killed after a case of the highly pathogenic bird flu was detected at a large egg farm, the state announced Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) […]
Alpacas test positive for H5N1 bird flu for the first time
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, sometimes called bird flu, has been confirmed in alpacas for the first time, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories. The animals that tested positive were on a farm in Idaho where poultry had tested positive for the virus and were culled in May. The alpacas tested […]
Bird flu vaccines for laying hens prove effective in practice
PARIS/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Bird flu vaccines for laying hens are effective in practice, the Dutch government said on Tuesday, while confirming plans to vaccinate poultry against the virus that ravaged flocks around the world and is raising fears about human transmission. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has killed or caused the culling […]
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Raw milk containing bird flu virus infects mice in study
(Reuters) – Feeding raw milk contaminated with bird flu to mice infected them with the virus, adding to evidence that consumption of unpasteurized milk is not safe for humans, according to a study published on Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Bird flu has caused serious or fatal infections globally among people in […]
Bird flu detected in Michigan dairy farm worker, CDC reports. Here’s what to know.
A Michigan dairy farm worker has become the second human in the United States to contract bird flu, also known as avian influenza, amid the latest outbreak among cattle. The person has already recovered and only had mild symptoms, state health officials said in a statement. Health officials still consider the risk to the general […]
Bird Flu Cases Spur Retail Trader Rush Into Vaccine Stocks
(Bloomberg) — Mounting cases of bird flu in humans is luring the day trading crowd to snap up stock in vaccine developers. It’s a familiar setup for industry veterans who have witnessed past trading frenzies at the first signs of an outbreak. Most Read from Bloomberg Shares of CureVac NV, which has a bird-flu vaccine […]