As bird flu spreads in cows, fractured U.S. response has echoes of early covid. Updated April 25, 2024. 12 min. Dairy cows on an Illinois cattle farm April 9. (Jim Vondruska/Reuters) ...

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections.

The cows were sick with bird flu, a virus that has spread among cattle in at least 14 states and has rapidly taken hold in California’s Central Valley, home to the nation’s largest dairy ...

Dairy cows infected with bird flu in five U.S. states have died or been slaughtered by farmers because they did not recover. The USDA says the vast majority of cows recover well.

Bird flu was suspected of impacting U.S. cattle after dairy cows were found to be experiencing "decreased lactation, low appetite and other symptoms," agencies said in a joint news release.

Dairy cows across the country are infected by the H5N1 bird flu. The virus isn’t spreading among people, but scientists are on guard for changes in the strain currently circulating in cattle.

Bird flu was likely originally transmitted to cows by wild migrating birds, according to a USDA memo published April 16. The agency adds there is now evidence of cow-to-cow spread in some recent ...

The bird flu has arrived in Colorado, and while it doesn’t represent anywhere near the threat that COVID-19 did at the beginning of the pandemic, people should take some precautions with animals ...

Despite assurances from the federal government that bird flu will be eradicated from the nation’s dairy cows, some experts worry the disease is here to stay. Recently, Eric Deeble, USDA acting ...

New bird flu variant in cattle adds to concerns about federal response under Trump. Updated February 6, 2025 12:55 PM ET Originally published February 5, 2025 10:50 PM ET.

Five cows in the United States have been infected and died from bird flu or slaughtered because they did not recover, Reuters reports.. Bird flu, also known as avian influenza or H5N1 virus ...

The outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows has now been confirmed in Minnesota and Iowa, bringing to 11 the total number of affected states, which have been encouraged to ramp up testing efforts ...