Dairy cows cannot be moved between states without testing for the highly pathogenic avian influenza, U.S. officials announced on April 24. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a federal order that says “prior to interstate movement, dairy cattle are required to receive a negative test for Influenza A virus.” A strain of the highly […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent an alert on April 5 to state health departments and providers after a human bird flu infection in a Texas dairy farm worker was confirmed earlier this month. In a “health alert network” advisory, the federal agency said that health care providers should be aware […]
Avian influenza could quickly spread among humans if it mutates further, European authorities are warning. “These viruses continue to evolve globally, and with the migration of wild birds, new strains carrying potential mutations for mammalian adaptation could be selected. If avian A(H5N1) influenza viruses acquire the ability to spread efficiently among humans, large‐scale transmission could […]
The avian influenza that infected a person in Texas has a change from the influenza from animals, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Genomic sequencing from the patient showed “one change (PB2 E627K) that is known to be associated with viral adaptation to mammalian hosts,” the CDC said in a […]
Tests from birds at a major egg producer in the south have returned positive for avian influenza, prompting plans to kill nearly two million hens and pullets. A producer in Michigan also said some of its birds tested positive for the illness. Cal-Maine Foods said April 2 that it was depopulating 1.6 million laying hens […]
Avian influenza has been detected in a person in the United States, officials said on April 1. The person became ill after coming into contact with cows that are likely sick with the influenza, also known as the bird flu, the Texas Department of State Health Services said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Free-range eggs will return to supermarket shelves in the coming days, now that a mandatory measure for poultry has been lifted. In November, the government ordered bird keepers to keep their birds indoors to prevent the spread of bird flu across England and Wales. But while the bird flu risk level has gone down, farmers […]
BEIJING—A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people. The 56-year-old woman from the southern province of Guangdong was the third person known to have been infected […]
The Biden administration is considering the mass vaccination of the poultry population in response to an ongoing outbreak of avian flu that has killed off millions of birds and has helped spike egg and poultry costs. There are some existing vaccines for farm birds, but U.S. Agriculture Department spokesman Mike Stepien told The New York […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel are increasingly catching people attempting to smuggle raw eggs across the U.S. southern border at a time when poultry products are in high demand and prices are rising. CBP officials told the Border Report that seizures of raw eggs increased by 108 percent between Oct. 1 and Dec. […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa agriculture officials said Monday that another commercial egg farm in the state has been infected with bird flu, the first commercial farm case identified since April, when a turkey farm was infected. The latest case is in Wright County in north central Iowa about 80 miles north of Des Moines housing about […]
A bird flu outbreak on one of the UK’s most important habitats, which could potentially kill tens of thousands of seabirds, has been branded an “unprecedented wildlife tragedy.” The National Trust is calling for urgent action to protect declining seabird colonies on the Farne Islands.
MPs say the NHS in England is facing “the greatest workforce crisis in their history,” which poses serious risk to staff and patient safety. China is the new focus in the Tory leadership contest as the candidates tussle to show who can stand up to the Chinese Communist Party. An Australian activist is arrested in London following a fake bomb […]
Fake Chanel bags, Prada shoes, and 3M face masks—what’s happening with these counterfeits from China trying to make their way into the United States? An old rule has been exploited, the United States suffers a great loss, and the beneficiaries are mainly Chinese companies. Shanghai’s official infection rates are raising questions. Many have said they […]
WASHINGTON—New bird flu cases were detected in a commercial chicken flock in Pennsylvania and a backyard flock in Utah, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday, with the outbreak now having spread to more than 30 states in the country. The department said earlier this month it was looking into vaccines as an option […]
OMAHA, Neb.—Two cases of bird flu have been confirmed in U.S. zoos, but officials said they won’t order widespread euthanasia of zoo birds the way they have on farms. U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman Mike Stepien declined to release any details about the zoo cases Thursday, including which two zoos were involved. Many zoos across […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa agriculture officials announced two more bird flu outbreaks in commercial flocks on Tuesday that will require the killing of more than 1.5 million hens and turkeys. One of the new outbreaks will lead to the killing of 1.5 million chickens at an egg-laying farm in Guthrie County, about 60 miles west of […]
CHICAGO—The U.S. state of Nebraska reported on Tuesday an outbreak of highly lethal bird flu in a flock of 570,000 chickens being raised for meat. Millions of U.S. broiler chickens being raised for meat, egg-laying chickens and turkeys have been infected with bird flu since February or culled to prevent the spread of the disease. […]
