Tag: virus
A new bill could require California to monitor wastewater for disease in the Central Valley
State Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) is frustrated by the lack of wastewater monitoring for H5N1 bird flu in the state’s most at...
Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study
A new study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the H5N1 bird flu virus is likely...
San Mateo County cat diagnosed with bird flu as CDC deletes evidence on possible feline-human transmission
San Mateo County public health officials announced Thursday that they’d discovered a pet cat in Half Moon Bay infected with H5N1 bird...
Deadly version of H5N1 bird flu spills over into Nevada dairy cattle
A version of the H5N1 bird flu virus that killed a person in Louisiana and severely sickened a teenager in Canada has...
Under Trump, we could be flying blind when it comes to bird flu, other infectious diseases
The United States is ground zero for the H5N1 bird flu.Since March 2024, when the virus was first reported in a Texas...
A wave of cat deaths from bird flu prompts new rules on pet food production
As experts continue monitoring and surveying the environment and the nation’s food supply for H5N1 bird flu, a rash of dead cats...