Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe?

Traces of bird flu virus found in milk is scarier than the FDA says

That announcement is the latest evidence that we are witnessing the uncontrolled spread of the highly pathogenic H5N1 disease. This month, bird ...

H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation - CDC

H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and ...

U.S. orders cow testing for bird flu after grocery milk tests positive

Egg farms from Texas and Michigan are also suspected to have been infected by virus that spread from cows, adding to millions of poultry culled ...

Q&A: What do I need to know about avian flu? | Penn State University

Multiple states since March 2024 have reported dairy herds displaying symptoms caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza, ...

Avian influenza in dairy cows – what organic and alternative ...

As of April 1, 2024, there have been cases of HPAI in dairy cattle confirmed in Texas (7), Kansas (2), Idaho, New Mexico (1), and Michigan (1).

FDA: Mutating Bird Flu Could Become 'Dangerous Human Pathogen'

The May 9 statement came amid ongoing bird flu outbreaks in the poultry industry, recent findings of the virus in U.S. dairy cows, ...

The bird flu has spread to dairy cows. Should you be worried?

So far, only two human cases have been reported since an outbreak of the virus among domestic birds began in 2022, including a Colorado poultry ...

Bird flu in US cows: is the milk supply safe? - Nature

It could be that the outbreak is more pervasive than farmers realized, and that milk from infected animals is entering the commercial supply.

Bird flu's spread from poultry to cattle to humans provokes worry ...

What's more, the virus, also known as H5N1 or bird flu, was diagnosed in a third dairy farmworker last week, marking the first U.S. case with ...

The latest on bird flu: What to know about human cases, vaccines ...

Farms are prohibited from selling products — including milk and eggs — from sick animals, so it's unlikely that contaminated food would wind up ...

Traces of bird flu are showing up in cow milk. Here's what to know

The short answer is that, thanks to milk pasteurization and the way bird flu viruses spread, the risk to people remains low.

Bird flu in cows — and now in milk. How worried should we be? - Vox

In the last month, government officials detected avian influenza in more than 30 herds across eight US states, raising concerns about the safety ...

As bird flu runs rampant through dairy farms, concern grows

Bird flu has already spread to wild birds, chickens and mammals, including a polar bear and an alpaca. The more widespread it becomes, ...

Scientists tracking bird flu in cows and milk want answers to ... - NPR

Health officials say there's very little risk to humans from the bird flu outbreak among dairy cattle, but there's still much they don't ...

Analysis of cow, cat H5N1 avian flu samples raises concerns about ...

Egg inoculation tests were negative for live infectious virus in retail milk samples that were positive for H5N1 fragments in earlier polymerase ...

AHFSS - AHB - H5N1 Bird Flu Virus in Livestock - CDFA

While the risk to the general public remains low, additional human cases of bird flu are expected to be identified and confirmed in California among individuals ...

Bird Flu (Avian Influenza): Facts for Families - HealthyChildren.org

Bird flu can spread from animals to humans. Several people have been ... Most infections have been in people who work with dairy cattle or poultry.

What We Know—and Don't Know—About H5N1 Bird Flu | SPH

One month since the H5N1 strain of bird flu was first spotted in US dairy cows, fragments of the virus have been detected in commercial milk ...

Avian Influenza | Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land ...

HPAI in Dairy Cattle ... Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been confirmed in dairy cattle in several states. Pasteurized milk and dairy products continue to ...

Bird flu in CA: Can eggs, milk or chicken make you sick? | Fresno Bee

Meanwhile, avian flu has sickened cows more than 130 dairies across California, as well as 15 dairy workers. The Bee talked to a Fresno-based ...