Dec. 13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...

The federal government has secured 500,000 doses of GSK’s Arepanrix H5N1 vaccine to protect workers at higher risk of exposure to avian influenza A(H5N1), according to the Public Health Agency of ...

A health district epidemiologist called it a “kick in the teeth” and “based on conspiracy and misinformation.” ...

Most recently, the USDA is working to "rectify the situation" after some employees responding to ... the response to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Several job categories, including ...

Several US Department of Agriculture employees tackling the bird flu outbreak were accidentally fired over the weekend, an action the agency is trying to correct. Employees supporting the bird flu ...

“I just wish they’d make a better decision up front,” Republican congressman Don Bacon told NBC News, of the Trump administration’s cuts to USDA programs. [email protected] Got ...

By Andrew Duehren and Michael S. Schmidt Reporting from Washington The Internal Revenue Service will begin laying off roughly 6,000 employees on Thursday as part of the Trump administration’s ...

A third person in the U.S. has been hospitalized due to avian influenza and one person has died as the virus continues to spread among poultry and dairy cattle. Experts have their eyes on the ...

The US Department of Agriculture last week issued a conditional license for an avian flu vaccine for use in chickens, amid an outbreak ravaging poultry flocks, contributing to the sky-high price ...

multiple necessary agencies will not be affected by sweeping employee cuts, and that the USDA "continues to prioritize the response to highly pathogenic avian influenza." The avian influenza ...