At least four cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu never before seen in cows, state agriculture officials confirmed Wednesday, and respiratory symptoms like ...

Bird flu has infected a Benton County dairy herd, marking the first confirmed detection of the virus in cows in Minnesota. But per State Veterinarian Dr. Brian Hoefs, "it was only a matter of time." ...

Another dairy farm worker in Michigan has been infected with avian influenza virus, state and federal health officials reported Thursday. The case marks the third time the outbreak of bird flu in ...

Mad Cow Disease and vCJD: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention: By Anjali Srivastava Mad cow disease, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), is a fatal brain disorder in cattle caused by ...

The bird flu in the United States of America is showing no sign of dying down. A variant of H5N1 bird flu that has circulated widely in wild birds — and several instances led to severe illness in ...

Scientists say that findings from a small experiment lend hope the outbreak among dairy cattle can potentially be contained. By Carl Zimmer Ever since scientists discovered influenza infecting ...

Since March, when the first reported cases of H5N1 bird flu began showing up in dairy cattle in Texas, the Food and Drug Administration has been asking farmers to discard any milk from infected ...

In March 2024, the USDA confirmed that dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas had become infected with a highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strain. Scientists have been monitoring H5N1 infections in ...