Representatives with multiple agencies including the CDC, the United States Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday...
After infections have been found in 36 dairy herds in nine states, the agencies continue to test milk, dairy products and meat to ensure they don’t spread the virus,
The agencies are continuing to test milk, dairy products and meat to ensure they can not spread the virus, and working to monitor farm workers for more human cases of bird flu.While there can be rare instances of human-to-human transmission of bird flu, there have been no such cases in the United States. Dr. Rosemary Sifford, chief veterinary officer for the USDA, said researchers are not seeing changes in the virus that would indicate it might spread more easily between people.
He said the agency is also conducting ongoing lab work, which includes genetic sequencing. Because viruses are constantly changing, he said the CDC is continually analyzing the virus to identify any genetic changes that suggest these viruses might spread more easily to and between people or might change in a way that makes antivirals and vaccines less effective.Dr. Rosemary Sifford, chief veterinary officer for the USDA, said studies indicate the recent infections of dairy cattle in the U.S.
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