House cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health
“Companion animals, and especially cats, are 100% a public health risk in terms of the risk of zoonotic transmission to people,” said virologist Angela Rasmussen, who studies disease progression in emerging viruses at the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization.
As Poultry Farms Slowly Recover From Bird Flu, Concerns Rise Over Economy And Public Health
Dairy workers' lack of an economic safety net has undermined adherence to health and safety standards, he said. Workers told researchers about unsanitary conditions, inadequate breaks and designated eating areas, lack of personal protective equipment and lack of hand soap and potable water.
Is bird flu slowing down in California? Here’s what public health experts told lawmakers
On these fronts, the situation with bird flu in California is improving since its height in December 2024 when Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency, according to testimony at a Senate joint health and agriculture committee hearing Wednesday. The message from California’s state veterinarian: “Stay steady.”
To help better understand the situation at hand, Meowtel used data from the Department of Agriculture to explore the risk of ...
The bird flu virus is affecting people and dairy cattle in the Valley, but the biggest impact is among poultry flocks – and ...
A supposed headline about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) killing cats in response to the bird flu ...
In a report published earlier this year, the CDC says there have been rare instances over the last decade where bird flu ...
As the Trump administration cuts federal health agencies, researchers say bird flu could be further reaching than we know.
Since October 2024, the CDC estimates that the flu has killed at least 16,000 people so far this season, while COVID-19's ...
The CDC has sequenced bird flu viruses from people in Nevada and Wyoming, and the Trump Administration has released a ...
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