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Vaccinating more animals could help tamp down outbreaks like the bird flu infections that have hit Brazil's poultry trade ...
The first bird flu outbreak at a poultry facility has been confirmed in Brazil, a major U.S. agricultural competitor ...
Iowa lawmakers are dipping into the state’s budget surplus and Taxpayer Relief Fund to help fill a $900 million gap in the budget for the coming year.
This is the third major case of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a commercial facility in the state since the beginning ...
The Associated Press said, “Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped.
As the spring semester comes to an end, University of Iowa’s dining services is already working to prepare for the fall ...
As the virus spreads and drives up grocery prices by shrinking the nation’s supply of eggs and meat, bird disposal companies, environmental waste businesses and large poultry producers have received ...
An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza was reported in early May ... 42 outbreaks in layer flocks in 10 states including Iowa, Missouri and South Dakota. The 31.3 million birds lost ...
Symptoms of bird flu in humans have previously ranged from ... Nebraska is second only to Iowa’s 15.5 million birds killed with 6.8 million birds now affected at 13 farms.
The project also aims to produce a vaccine that could protect people against other respiratory viruses that could cause a pandemic, such as bird flu and coronaviruses. "Generation Gold Standard is ...
Bird flu has infected dozens of mammal species ... the Agriculture Department has worked with egg producers in four states — Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota — on biocontainment ...