May 14 Raw milk sales spike despite CDC’s warnings of risk associated with bird flu By JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press From 1998 to 2018, the CDC documented more than 200 illness outbreaks traced to raw milk, which sickened more than 2,600 people and hospitalized more than 225. Continue reading
May 10 U.S. pledges money and other aid to help track and contain bird flu on dairy farms By JoNel Aleccia, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The outbreak of the virus known as Type A H5N1 has spread to 42 herds in nine states. The new funds include $101 million to continue work to prevent, test, track and treat animals and humans potentially affected by the… Continue reading
Feb 18 Why a bird flu outbreak at a mink farm is reigniting public health concerns By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press As bird flu hits more and varied animals, like at a mink farm in Spain, the fear is that the virus could evolve to spread more easily between people, and potentially trigger a pandemic. Continue reading
Jan 09 First H5N1 bird flu death confirmed by Canada By Justin Scuiletti Canada's health minister Rona Ambrose confirmed Wednesday the first North American death from avian flu. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Carl Zimmer on Bird Flu and Beyond Hari interviews Carl Zimmer on his book, "A Planet of Viruses."… Continue watching
Jan 18 H1N1 Gives Clues to Universal Flu Vaccine By Talea Miller Researchers found that the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza produced antibodies that provide protection from several flu strains. Continue reading
Apr 17 FDA Approves First Bird Flu Vaccine for U.S. to Stockpile By PBS News Hour The Food and Drug Administration granted approval Tuesday to the first bird flu vaccine intended as a stopgap measure until a better immunization is developed. Continue reading
Jan 16 Bird Flu Resurfaces Among Birds in Asia; Indonesia Death Toll Rises By PBS News Hour Concerns over the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu surfaced again across Asia Tuesday after scientists confirmed outbreaks among birds in Japan, Thailand and Vietnam, and a woman in Indonesia died. Continue reading
Jul 27 New Bird Flu Vaccine Appears More Effective in Drug Trials By PBS News Hour A new vaccine, developed by GlaxoSmithKline to combat the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, has shown to be more effective than any other version in clinical trials, the company announced Wednesday. Continue reading
May 24 Health Officials Investigate Possible Person-to-Person Spread of Bird Flu By Admin, PBS News Hour The World Health Organization launched an investigation Wednesday into the deaths of six family members in Indonesia who may have died as a result of human-to-human transmission of the bird flu. Continue reading