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US farmers urge govenment to support vaccine option to fight bird flu as wildfowl migration begins

Fri, 2024-09-27 10:40 — mike kraft

US farmers call for vaccine option to fight bird flu as wildfowl migration begins U.S. farmers are increasing pressure on the Biden administration to allow vaccinations for chickens, turkeys and cows to protect them from bird flu infections that have devastated flocks for three years. Leah Douglas,Tom Polansek Reuters

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Bird Flu: Colorado outbreaks die down but state continues montoring

Wed, 2024-09-18 13:15 — mike kraft

Bird flu outbreaks die down, but Colorado keeps monitoring cows and poultry Colorado's outbreak of avian flu in poultry and dairy cattle seems to have died down, though the state continues to monitor farms for signs of the virus. Medical Xpress

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That doesn't include regularly testing farms' workers though—unless they have symptoms and their employers have a known outbreak.

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Mysterious bird flu case in Missouri was similar to strain circulating in cattle--CDC

Mon, 2024-09-16 10:52 — mike kraft

Mysterious bird flu case in Missouri was similar to strain circulating in cattle, CDC says | CNN A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday. Brenda Goodman CNN

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The viral sequence was uploaded Friday to the GISAID database, which makes genetic sequences of viruses publicly available for research and study. It shows that the virus is closely related to the strain that has been infecting dairy cattle in 14 states this year.

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Suspected bird flu being tested in California dairy cattle

Fri, 2024-08-30 11:01 — mike kraft

US tests for bird flu in California dairy cattle The U.S. Department of Agriculture is testing to confirm possible cases of bird flu in dairy cattle in California, the nation's biggest milk-producing state, USDA said on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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Some Farmworkers Say They Only Have Gloves For Protection as They Tend Sick Cows Amid Bird Flu

Tue, 2024-08-27 11:06 — mike kraft

With Only Gloves To Protect Them, Farmworkers Say They Tend Sick Cows Amid Bird Flu - KFF Health News A Colorado picnic celebrated Farmworker Appreciation Day. But some dairy workers there said they aren’t feeling appreciated: They don’t have basic protective gear, even as bird flu spreads through area farms. paulavirna KFF Health News

...some dairy workers ...said they haven’t received any personal protective equipment beyond gloves to guard against the virus, even as they or colleagues have come down with conjunctivitis and flu-like symptoms that they fear to be bird flu.

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U.S. to survey dairy cattle brought to slaughter to study bird flu infections

Tue, 2024-08-20 11:09 — mike kraft

US to survey dairy cattle brought to slaughter to study bird flu infections Regulators will inspect cows to see how widespread virus is and determine whether ageing and cooking inactivate it The Guardian

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U.S. CDC allocates $10M to help protect livestock workers against bird flu

Wed, 2024-07-31 09:21 — mike kraft

CDC investing $10M into bird flu response among farmworkers The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investing a collective $10 million into the federal bird flu response among livestock workers, with the agency maintaining the risk to genera… jchoi The Hill

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Experts divided on whether cow vaccines could help halt the spread of bird flu in U.S. herds

Mon, 2024-07-29 11:29 — mike kraft

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Bird flu in cows shows how efficiently it has spread among mammals --study

Fri, 2024-07-26 10:37 — mike kraft

Research on bird flu in cows shows how efficiently it has spread among mammals The more the virus spreads uncontrolled in mammals, the higher the chance it could evolve to be transmitted to humans. NBC News

New research into the ongoing bird flu outbreaks on dairy farms describes in unprecedented detail how efficiently the virus has spread among cows, and from cows to other mammals, including cats and a raccoon.

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