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There has been a global outbreak of H5N1 bird flu since 2020, and recent outbreaks among cattle in several U.S. states have experts concerned the virus may mutate and eventually spread to humans, where it has proven rare but deadly—though the FDA tested dairy products like infant formula and sour cream and found no live virus traces, deeming them safe to consume.
As of April 30, more than 90 million poultry in 48 states have been euthanized because of bird flu since 2022, and 36 dairy cow herds across nine states have tested positive, according tobird flu in dairy cows in March, and it believes the cows fell ill after coming into contact with infected birds, though it confirmed in anmilk samples gathered from grocery stores across the country tested positive for dead remnants of bird flu—results were higher in areas with cow outbreaks—though the Food...
Because the virus is commonly spread through the movement of migratory birds, “certainly there is a risk for cows in other countries to be getting infected," Wenqing Zhang, head of WHO's Global Influenza Programme,to the World Health Organization. Bird flu rarely affects humans, and most previous cases came from close contact with infected poultry,to the CDC.
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