Consumer News Cdc Wants More Bird Flu Testing For Farm Workers

CDC calls for expanded testing for bird flu after blood tests reveal more farmworker infections

Federal health officials on Thursday called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed that some dairy workers had signs of infection, even when they didn't report ... Read More

CDC Calls for Wider Bird Flu Testing After More Farmworker Infections Found

Health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday called for more testing of people on farms who have contracted bird flu. The federal agency updated its ... Read More

What the Rise in Bird Flu Means

While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other species—including a few humans. Read More

Colorado dairy worker tests positive for bird flu, fourth person linked to outbreak

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 infected dairy cows on a ... Read More

Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response

As birds fly south for the winter, they're carrying with them some unwelcome cargo: the H5N1 virus, or bird flu. In the past 30 days, the virus has struck 66 poultry flocks, leading to the deaths of ... Read More

Georgia confirms 5th bird flu outbreak this year. 140,000 chickens culled at commercial farm.

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Georgia agricultural officials have confirmed a fifth bird flu outbreak this year in a commercial poultry ... Read More

Reports of bird flu in farm animals raise concerns about the virus

Cases of bird flu have been reported in farm animals across the country. While there are no human cases, some are concerned the shutdown and cuts to federal resources have us flying in the dark. Read More