Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United ...

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All year, I’ve been keeping tabs on the H5N1 avian flu outbreak in dairy cattle and birds in the United States. As a ...

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The FDA has begun testing cheese for bird flu as human cases of the virus continue to rise in the United States.

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The CDC has revealed the red flags it is monitoring for that suggest that bird flu was about to become the world's next pandemic.