Avian influenza, or bird flu, has public health officials on alert after an unprecedented spread in dairy cows in the United States this year. Four dairy workers have also tested positive in the country. A particularly severe variant of the H5N1 strain has been spreading around the world in animals since 2020, causing lethal outbreaks … Read more
By JoNel Aleccia The Associated Press Posted July 4, 2024 8:16 am Updated July 4, 2024 8:18 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A fourth farm worker has been infected with bird flu in the growing outbreak linked to dairy cows, health officials reported Wednesday. The worker had direct contact with … Read more
Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some workers with exposure to animals, health authorities said on Tuesday, making it the first country in the world to do so. The Nordic country has bought vaccines for 10,000 people, each consisting of two injections, as part of a joint EU procurement of up to … Read more
Summer is nearly here, and with it comes farm visits, petting zoos and even goat yoga in the park. But with bird flu cases on the rise, Canadians may be left wondering: is it safe to get close to goats, chickens and cows? The H5N1 avian influenza strain is a zoonotic disease that can jump … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the first laboratory-confirmed fatal human case of avian influenza A(H5N2) in Mexico. The avian influenza A (H5N2) had only previously been reported in birds. On May 23, Mexican health officials confirmed a case of the H5N2 bird flu strain in … Read more
As the bird flu outbreak continues spreading south of the border, Canadian officials are in talks with several pharmaceutical companies about potential agreements to produce an avian flu vaccine for humans. There is no avian influenza vaccine available in Canada for public use, according to Health Canada’s website. Canada is also not currently stockpiling human … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted May 29, 2024 9:10 am Updated May 29, 2024 9:11 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size More than four million chickens in Iowa will have to be killed after a case of the highly pathogenic bird flu was detected at a large egg … Read more
Following the announcement of another human case of bird flu linked to dairy cows in the United States this week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed that Canada’s milk supply remains free of avian flu fragments. On Thursday, the CFIA reported that 303 retail milk samples from across Canada were tested, all of which came … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Michigan farmworker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows. The patient had mild symptoms, Michigan health officials said in announcing the case Wednesday. The person had been in contact with cows presumed to be … Read more
Australia reported its first human case of avian influenza on Wednesday in a child who authorities said had been infected in India but made a full recovery, while a different highly contagious strain was found on an egg farm. The H5N1 strain of avian flu has swept the globe in recent years, killing billions of farmed and … Read more
