In support of longer-term control, USDA is facilitating the development of H5N1 vaccines for dairy cattle and other species .
In response, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it will begin testing bulk raw milk for ...
In partnership with state veterinarians, USDA will implement a tiered strategy to collect milk samples to better assess where ...
Birds and humans have different types of receptors in their respiratory tract that flu viruses attach to, like a lock ...
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced recently that the agency is planning to enhance testing and monitoring for H5N1, building on measures taken by USDA since the beginning of ...
LA County monitors H5 avian flu at a wastewater site, posing a low risk to people with no human cases reported.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating possible sources of H5 avian flu, which has been detected ...
As the H5N1 avian influenza continues to threaten livestock, the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) is increasing its ...
USDA says there have been at least 160 confirmed cases of H5N1 in livestock in the past month across Idaho, Oregon and ...
In partnership with state veterinarians, USDA will implement a tiered strategy to collect milk samples to better assess where ...
Five pigs on a noncommercial farm in Oregon were tested for the virus after other animals fell ill. As NBC News points out, "pigs can become infected with both bird and human viruses at the same time, ...
If this season's flu strains were to overlap with a pig H5N1 infection, that would increase the risk of gene-swapping that ...