The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states. Now at least 875 herds across 16 states have tested positive.
The rise of bird flu across farms in California has raised questions about the virus and its potential threat to humans.
The FDA has begun testing cheese for bird flu as human cases of the virus continue to rise in the United States.
Public concern over bird flu ratcheted up this week as the H5N1 virus continued its sweep through the nation's dairy and poultry farms and the first American was hospitalized with a severe infection.
“I don’t know if the bird flu will become a pandemic, but if it does, we are screwed.” To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government ...
As government agencies prepare for a potential shutdown, questions about a potentially burgeoning H5N1 bird flu pandemic are ...