Another chicken flock tests positive for bird flu in Mississippi. What are the risks? How do I know if I have it? What you ...

3. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Which Prevents Dangerous Disease Part of the CDC, APHIS protects the health of U.S. agriculture and natural resources against pests and ...

A report published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Morbidity and Mortality ... Most mammals do not appear to spread HPAI; however, APHIS does not recommend touching ...

With fewer agricultural inspectors at ports, the risk of pests infiltrating American crops has risen. Experts warn that foreign markets may refuse US agricultural products if contamination concerns ...

An ongoing investigation into an unexplained illness cluster in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Equateur province ...

according to APHIS. However, the new bird flu strain, D1.1, has been reported in more than a dozen humans exposed to infected poultry. The CDC noted on its website that bird flu’s risk to the ...

In January, APHIS confirmed that an H5N1 variant not previously ... accelerate bird flu vaccine development. In addition, the CDC has already prepared what it calls candidate vaccine viruses ...

We are following protocols recommended by USDA and APHIS, and continue working closely ... according to the CDC. On January 6, the CDC announced a person in Louisiana was killed by the disease ...

More than 150 million birds in the U.S. have been affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza since February 2022, according to the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

While there is no known person-to-person spread at this time, since 2024 the US saw 68 of bird flu and only one fatality, according to the CDC ... 36 USDA APHIS-confirmed outbreaks in 9 states ...

BIRD FLU UPTICK IN US HAS CDC ON ALERT FOR PANDEMIC 'RED FLAGS ... The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) first confirmed the virus, genotype D1.1, was found in Nevada ...