News

Wisconsin’s county fair season is around the corner. This will be the second year that exhibitors are required to test some ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it has ended its emergency response for H5N1 bird flu, ...
The risk to the public remained low, but people in close contact with dairy cattle may be at an increased risk, the state ...
The Davis lab is the only entity in the state with the authority to confirm bird flu cases. The union, known as UPTE, represents about 20,000 researchers and other technical workers across the ...
Read more: With bird flu cases on the rise, staff at California lab say they are overworked and burned out UC Davis spokesperson Bill Kisliuk declined to comment on the lawsuit's specific allegations.
The state of Wisconsin has reported only one case of bird flu in a backyard poultry flock this year. Dairy herds remain free from virus.
Last summer some cows, specifically dairy cattle, required testing for Avian Flu before being allowed into into the fair.
North Dakota's State Board of Animal Health will once again require that lactating dairy cows be tested for bird flu within 10 days of being brought to the State Fair.
While the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) previously held regular briefings on its efforts to prevent a wider outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus called H5N1 in people, it largely ...