FILE - In this image provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a researcher performs a rapid antigen test on milk from a dairy cow inoculated against bird flu in a containment building at the ...

Nearly a year after a wild bird infected with H5N1 avian flu presumably passed its viral baggage to a dairy cow in the Texas panhandle — which has subsequently led to the infection of more than 700 ...

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(RTTNews) - OraSure Technologies, Inc. (OSUR), a medical device company, on Monday announced that it has secured funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced ...

Blueberry scorch virus has been confirmed in central Washington, prompting industry officials to urge growers to test plants ...

The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows. Raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and ...

California’s Central Valley is where many of the people most vulnerable to bird flu live and work, and where the majority of cases in humans have been found. Wastewater surveillance should be a key ...