If the influenza virus infecting cattle workers starts a pandemic, help in the form of a vaccine is months away ...
Public health officials are recommending wider testing and more aggressive use of flu antiviral medicine for workers who ...
The CDC said Thursday it is updating its recommendations for testing, treatment and protection for workers who may be exposed animals infected with bird flu.
The US government ... influenza vaccine, as reports emerge of a fifth human case of H5N1 flu linked to ongoing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows. The award from the Biomedical Advanced Research ...
The federal government is investing over $70 million to make a bird flu vaccine to inoculate people. Sam Jarvis with the Johnson County Department of Public Health says the Biomedical Advanced ...
The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating whether the US stockpile of bird flu vaccines is still well matched to the virus after discovering recent mutations. The CDC said on ...
Earlier this month, federal health officials announced an allocation of $72 million to vaccine manufacturers to ensure that the existing bird flu vaccines are ready for use if needed. While there ...
H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in a pig for the first time in the United States, according to the ... government maintains a stockpile of vaccines, including ones that target H5N1 and ...
The US will expand milk testing as part of efforts to curb the spread of bird flu in dairy cows, according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The push will begin next month, with the screening ...
US farm agency to bulk test raw milk to track bird flu spread Industry and veterinary groups pushed for stronger surveillance Bird flu has infected more than 400 dairy herds, 36 people this year ...
Human cases of bird flu are now in six states (REUTERS/Tom Polansek/File Photo) The total number of human cases across the US has risen to 31, although the Centers for Disease Control and ...