WASHINGTON (AA) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Wednesday that an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus within the state’s dairy cattle constitutes an emergency. Bird flu has been detected in cattle in 16 states after it was first identified in stocks in Texas and Kansas in March this year. While no person-to-person transmiss...
California health authorities have issued an urgent recall for raw milk from the company Raw Farm after detecting the bird flu virus in batches sold across the state. The affected product, with a “best by” date of Nov. 27, 2024, was identified shortly after the first U.S. case of a child contracting the virus. The […]