There have been 70 confirmed human cases of HPAI infection ... has been on lactating dairy cows, not other types of cattle, such as non-lactating female or male cattle or feeder beef.

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

Easy replication in cattle mammary glands means H5N1 bird flu is under no evolutionary pressure to adapt to spread easily in humans.

H5N1 is hitting dairy farms and bird populations hard, but it can also affect humans. Has it reached Alabama? What to know ...

The agency said similar to the Texas case -- first U.S. human bird flu case linked to an outbreak in dairy cows and the first ... 337,000 pullets -- or young female chickens -- at a facility ...

The detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, subtype H5N1 in dairy cattle was confirmed in ... TVMDL continues to safeguard animal and human health as experts proceed with finding ...

Last month, a Texas dairy worker was infected with the virus - the first known transmission between a mammal and human. And while the bird flu is yet be detected in Australia, experts are warning ...