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Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...
Clinics run by a state vendor near affected farms are giving out $25 gift cards to people who get a swab test for H5N1 bird ...
Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...
Does avian influenza affect wild birds? Find out if you need to take down bird feeders. Plus learn the risk to backyard ...
More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This ...
A devastating wave of respiratory illnesses is sweeping across 40 US states, with millions already affected.
So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...
Notes from a recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 Work Group show health ...
Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...
Robert Redfield, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that it is "not a question ...
Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...