US cow-derived H5N1 virus flown to Porton Down under tight security for UK testing
by A new unit set up to tackle H5N1 is testing imported samples of the virus at the high-security laboratories at Porton Down, in a race …
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Cows have human flu receptors, study shows, raising stakes in bird flu outbreaks in dairy cattle
In early March, Dr. Barb Petersen, a large animal veterinarian in Texas, gets calls from the dairy farms she works with in the Panhandle. Workers …
Bird flu is bad for poultry and cattle. Why it’s not a big threat to most of us – yet
Headlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy cows across the country. Tests have detected …
Bird flu virus found in US milk supply
Remnants of bird flu have been identified in pasteurized milk in the United States, where H5N1 appears to be circulating widely in cattle. On Tuesday, …
Scientists say USDA is sharing too little data too slowly on H5N1 flu
When the US Department of Agriculture announced late Sunday that it had made public new data from its investigation into an outbreak of bird flu …
US alert as H5N1 bird flu reported personally exposed to infected cattle
It would be a concern if the virus was mutating to spread more easily between cows, experts have warned. – Rodrigo Abd/AP A person in …