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

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 ...

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 ...

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 June 2025, H5N1 outbreaks had hit more than 1,070 dairy farms in 17 states, causing up to a 10% mortality rate in infected cattle. The human toll is also concerning, with 41 dairy farm workers ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering vaccination plans to protect poultry and cattle, including dairy cows, from bird flu. That’s according to South Dakota’s state veterinarian, Beth ...

They were already busy with a wide range of projects but grew even busier this year after the H5N1 bird flu unexpectedly jumped into U.S. dairy cows.

Dairies say the USDA relief money helped them sustain operations as bird flu decimated milk production, but critics say the aid perpetuates industrial farming practices that make herds vulnerable to ...

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).

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 ...