Bird Flu
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Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral disease that occurs mainly in poultry and WILD-WATER birds but transmission to humans remains rare. Austria’s Ministry of Health has declared the whole country as a risk area for bird flu (avian influenza) with new, stricter safety measures coming into force from the early hours of Friday. That…
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed two human cases of H5 bird flu in California on Thursday, marking the first H5 human cases in the Golden State. The cases occurred in people with occupational exposure to infected dairy cows. An investigation led by California is ongoing, according to CDC. At this…
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This week, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said at a Congressional hearing that the US Department of Agriculture is “18 months or so” away from developing a vaccine for the current strain of bird flu and is planning its distribution process. Data from the agency showed that so far this year, bird flu has been…
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