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Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest U.S. bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread

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He had been struck by the huge amounts of H5N1 virus he’d seen in milk from cows infected with the bird flu and thought that at least some virus was getting off of farms and going downstream — onto store shelves. Andrew Bowman, a veterinary epidemiologist at Ohio State University, had a hunch.

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Getting worried about bird flu

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Cows in Texas and Kansas test positive for highly pathogenic bird flu

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The risk to the public is low, and the milk supply is safe.

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Low risk for human bird flu transmission

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For Reuters, Mariano Zafra, Anurag Rao, and Jon McClure describe how bird flu can pass between mammals, but, while not impossible, transmission to humans is still unlikely. Tags: bird flu , Reuters

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Global effort to develop Disease X vaccine begins

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While there are several theories on what might become Disease X, from bird flu to antibiotic resistance, the exact nature of this potential threat remains unknown, and it could emerge from various sources, including biological mutation or zoonotic transmission. Countries and organizations around the world have committed over $1.5

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U.S. dairy cows have tested positive for bird flu

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China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

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