With bird flu spreading, here’s what worries scientists : Shots
Chickens stand in their cages at a farm in 2009, near Stuart, Iowa. Millions of chickens have been culled in Iowa, Colorado and other states since 2022 in response to…
Cows, dairy workers, and America’s struggle to track bird flu
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, A US farm worker walks between rows of cows being milked at a California farm. Article information Author, Madeline Halpert Role, BBC News, New…
Sixth human case of bird flu reported in Colorado, CDC says
David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe/Getty Images Dr. Jon Arizti Sanz of the Broad institute’s Sabeti Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, tests milk from local grocery stores for bird flu. CNN —…
Extreme heat may be crucial factor in human spread of bird flu | Bird flu
Bird flu As heatwaves hit the US, dairy workers struggle to wear PPE. The country now faces its biggest human outbreak Fri 19 Jul 2024 06.00 EDT Extreme heat may…
Six Colorado workers contracted bird flu, the most human cases in a state
Bird flu has infected six farmworkers in Colorado this month — the most in any state — as health officials stressed the importance of preparedness to contain the H5N1 virus…
New Bird Flu Discovery Suggests Cows Are a Threat For Future Pandemics : ScienceAlert
The potential of the avian flu to jump from birds to cows to humans has some scientists greatly concerned. That very scenario has already occurred twice in the United States…
Bird flu presumed in three Colorado poultry workers, CDC says
Three people who worked with infected poultry in Colorado are believed to have contracted avian influenza, state health officials said Friday, potentially bringing the number of U.S. cases identified in…
Three Colorado poultry workers presumed to have bird flu, officials say
BSIP/UIG/Getty Images An electron micrograph image of two H5N1 avian influenza virions. CNN — Three people helping cull poultry at a farm in northeast Colorado have been identified as presumed…
How Does Bird Flu Spread in Cows? Experiment Yields Some ‘Good News.’
Ever since scientists discovered influenza infecting American cows earlier this year, they have been puzzling over how it spreads from one animal to another. An experiment carried out in Kansas…
How The Times Is Covering the Bird Flu Outbreak
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Many of the scientists Apoorva Mandavilli spoke to seemed convinced…