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One U.S. person, a Louisiana resident, has died after contracting bird flu since the beginning of 2024. There have been ...
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As bird flu cases crop up across the country, here's what a food safety expert wants you to know about getting the virus from eggs, poultry, and dairy products.
Backyard chicken enthusiasts are keeping an eye on alerts from the state’s health and agricultural departments after a person ...
The U.S. has experienced its first death from bird flu (H5N1). The death happened in a Louisiana patient who contracted H5N1 after being exposed to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and ...
California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones has issued a statewide ban on dairy cattle and poultry exhibitions to combat ...
In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were ...
So, the idea is that once we identify a virus, we would sequence it. So, we would understand what mutations already exist and ...