The H5N1 bird flu virus has been around for decades, and the damage it wreaks on chickens and other poultry is well documented. But the recent discovery that the virus has jumped into dairy cattle — ...

When bird flu spilled over into dairy cattle last year, researchers discovered high concentrations of the H5N1 virus in the ...

(From left) Prof Mary Chan from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Dr Kaixi Zhang from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, and Prof Paula Hammond from the Massachusetts ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AMES, Iowa (AP) — At first glance, it looks ...

The dairy industry has been plagued by a persistent global problem for decades - bacterial infection of cow udders that significantly reduces milk production. The condition, known as bovine mastitis, ...

With the number of U.S. dairy herds infected with H5N1 bird flu rising almost daily, fears are growing that the dangerous virus cannot be driven out of this species. That belief is amplifying calls ...

AMES, Iowa (AP) — At first glance, it looks like an unassuming farm. Cows are scattered across fenced-in fields. A milking barn sits in the distance with a tractor parked alongside. But the people who ...

Bird flu’s recent jump from poultry to cows is not reason enough for “all out panic”, though it is a “small step along that line”, warns the Jameel Institute at Imperial College London’s Dr Thom ...

IT WORKS TO KEEP MIDEAST TENSIONS FROM BOILING OVER. RIGHT NOW, THE CDC HAS A NEW INITIATIVE TO GET SEASONAL FLU VACCINES FOR LIVESTOCK WORKERS WHO ARE AT RISK OF CATCHING BIRD FLU. THE SEASONAL ...

Dairy cows stand in a field outside of a milking barn at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP ...

At first glance, it looks like an unassuming farm. Cows are scattered across fenced-in fields. A milking barn sits in the distance with a tractor parked alongside. But the people who work there are ...