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Avian flu detected in Idaho dairy cows as study explores role of virus RNA detection in bovine semen
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (996+ words) The milking cows were the first avian flu detections in cattle since a Wisconsin report in December 2025. The new detection comes almost exactly two years since US officials first recorded avian influenza in dairy cattle. In related news in Emerging…...
Two new H9 N2 avian flu cases reported on mainland China
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (612+ words) Today's Hong Kong's Centre for Health'Protection (CHP) recorded two new H9 N2 human avian influenza cases with symptom onsets in January and February.' The H9 N2 cases include a 3-year-old boy from Guangdong province who got sick on January 20 and a 63-year-old man from…...
Indiana tracks more avian flu in hard-hit counties
1+ week, 2+ day ago (654+ words) Two facilities in Elkhart County, a duck meat operation and table egg operation, reported outbreaks affecting 4, 800 and 91, 200 birds, respectively. In La Grange County, 15, 300 birds at a commercial duck meat operation were also hit with avian flu." In the past 30 days,…...
Avian flu strikes 9 more Indiana poultry facilities
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1151+ words) The most recent three notifications came from Elkhart and La Grange counties, and involved over 20, 000 commercial duck meat birds. Earlier this week Adams County, Elkhart, and La Grange counties also reported duck meat outbreaks affecting 3, 000 to 8, 600 birds. The only commercial…...
Italy tracks first European human H9 N2 avian flu case
3+ week, 3+ day ago (636+ words) The Italian Ministry of Health has confirmed Europe's first human case of low-pathogenicity avian" influenza A(H9 N2), in a person from the Lombardy region." The patient is hospitalized, and was described as being in poor health prior to infection. The patient…...
Indiana: More than 350, 000 birds killed in massive avian flu outbreak
3+ week, 4+ day ago (660+ words) Since the beginning of the month, more than 350, 000 birds in Indiana have died from avian flu and response measures, and agricultural officials in the state are asking producers to be vigilant to stop the virus from spreading." "We need sound…...
Avian flu hits farms in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana
4+ week, 2+ day ago (764+ words) In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a commercial table egg-layer farm had an outbreak among 870, 000 birds. Cecil County, Maryland, also reported an outbreak of 354, 100 among table egg pullets. Similar to last week, a commercial turkey farm in Kent County, Michigan, was struck,…...
Avian flu strikes more Indiana poultry facilities
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (723+ words) The state had eight detections of highly pathogenic avian flu in the past week in three counties, Elkhart, Lagrange, and Jay. Jay County had the largest outbreak, involving 20, 600 birds on a commercial turkey meat farm. Elkhart County had four separate…...
Avian flu detected at 20 commercial poultry operations
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (797+ words) Also hit this week was a commercial broiler production facility in Carolina County, Maryland, with 95, 600 birds affected. Commercial table egg layers had the largest outbreaks reported to APHIS. A facility in Hyde County, North Carolina, had 3. 2 million birds affected, and…...
Quick takes: Avian flu in Dutch cows, US birds; supplement-linked Salmonella; new polio cases
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (854+ words) Researchers and clinicians in Michigan have developed new guidance for triage and management of suspected urinary tract infections (UTI) symptoms in patients seeking care via telehealth and virtual visits. Although guidelines exist for the management of suspected UTIs in patients…...