CDC raises concern over bird flu strain first found in Texas cattle After testing bird flu found earlier this year in a Texas dairy farm worker, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report Friday that the H5N1 strain originating in the Lone Star ... 06/8/2024 - 3:47 am | View Link
Texas bird flu strain kills ferrets used to mimic disease in humans, says US CDC The bird flu virus strain that infected a Texas dairy farm worker in March was lethal to ferrets in experiments designed to mimic the disease in ... 06/7/2024 - 12:38 pm | View Link
Texas bird flu strain kills ferrets used to mimic disease in humans, US CDC says June 7 (Reuters) - The bird flu virus strain that infected a Texas dairy farm worker in March was lethal to ferrets in experiments designed to mimic the disease in humans, the U.S. Centers for Disease ... 06/7/2024 - 11:28 am | View Link
More mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Austin. Find out where. A second mosquito pool has tested positive for West Nile virus in Travis County, Austin Public Health officials said on Friday. The pool is in the same South Austin ZIP code, 78744, as the first ... 06/7/2024 - 7:07 am | View Link
Farmworkers Face High-Risk Exposure to Bird Flu but Lack Testing About 150,000 people work in U.S. dairies. But as of May 22, just 40 people connected to dairy farms had been tested for the bird flu, a virus that has been spreading among cows. 06/5/2024 - 12:30 pm | View Link
American Airlines flight attendants say their pay is so low, they fight for airplane meals to save money and sleep in their cars—and they’re ready to strike