In a press release, USDA has confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza, aka bird flu, in dairy herds in Texas (7) Kansas (2), Michigan (1), New Mexico (1) and Idaho (1).

Scientists have known for more than a year that bird flu, H5N1, made the jump from wild birds and common poultry to cows and ...

Last week, dairy cows in Texas and Kansas were reported to be infected with bird flu — and federal agriculture officials later confirmed infections in a Michigan dairy herd that had recently ...

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In May, a second dairy farmworker was diagnosed with bird flu, and the virus was detected in both beef and milk. It has been confirmed on dairy cattle farms in nine states.

Fears of a bird-flu pandemic have been rising since the first confirmed outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in dairy cattle was reported in March 2024.

In March 2024, bird flu was reported in U.S. dairy cows for the first time. As of Friday, the virus has infected more than 1,000 herds across 17 states, according to the U.S. Department of ...

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H5N1 is a strain of influenza A, better known as bird flu. This highly contagious virus mainly targets birds but can also spread to other animals, including dairy cows and even humans.

A person in Texas has been diagnosed with the H5N1, or bird flu after direct contact with dairy cows, health officials said Monday. It’s the first case in the U.S. of highly pathogenic avian ...

A person in Texas has been diagnosed with a bird flu strain tied to a recent outbreak among dairy cows — becoming the second person ever in the US to contract the virus, federal and state ...