As bird flu outbreak expands in California, dairy farms report it’s worse than they expected
A third farmworker has tested positive for bird flu in California, according to the state’s health department. If confirmed ...
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The US is ramping up bird flu surveillance – but will it be enough?
Two more people in the US have tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, highlighting the need for expanded influenza ...
US to double emergency bird flu vaccines as more people, herds become infected
Federal officials plan to double the stockpile of emergency bird flu vaccines as they identify more people infected with the ...
Is bird flu spreading in people? Without blood test results, officials can't say.
Antibody blood test results expected later this month may help answer a crucial question: Is there human-to-human ...
US provides $72M to vaccine manufacturers to advance bird flu shot preparedness
There are currently no recommendations for anyone to be vaccinated against bird flu and federal health officials note this is ...
California dairy farm workers being monitored for bird flu after two test positive
Health officials in California are monitoring other exposed workers for symptoms on two dairy farms where two human cases of ...
Dozens of zoo tigers die after contracting bird flu in southern Vietnam
“The deaths of 47 tigers, three lions, and a panther at My Quynh Safari and Vuon Xoai Zoo amid Vietnam’s bird flu outbreak ...
Sanofi, GSK, CSL tapped to expand US bird flu vaccine supply
GSK , Sanofi and CSL Ltd have secured $72 million from the U.S. government to ramp up production of bird flu vaccines, a ...
Two California dairy workers infected with bird flu, CDC says amid outbreaks in cows
Two California dairy workers have been infected with bird flu, state and federal health officials announced late Thursday.
Bird flu patient had no apparent contact with animals—there's still no evidence of sustained human-to-human spread
Six health care workers in the US who were in close contact with a patient known to have bird flu developed mild respiratory ...
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CDC confirms first two human cases of bird flu in California
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week confirmed the first two human cases of H5 bird flu in California.
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Q&A: How California, now an epicenter for bird flu in dairy cattle, is monitoring the virus
STAT recently spoke to Erica Pan, California’s state epidemiologist, about what public health officials are doing to monitor ...