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Genetic evidence of bird flu was detected in San Francisco wastewater on June 18 and June 26. Additional H5 “hits” were seen at a site in Palo Alto on June 19, and another on June 10 from the ...
Last month, San Francisco Public Health Department officials reported that state investigators had detected H5N1 — the avian flu subtype making its way through U.S. cattle, domestic poultry and ...
(BCN) — Health officials said Monday that the H5N1 avian flu was detected last month in two asymptomatic chickens at a live bird market in San Francisco, but there is no sign that the public has ...
According to a Health Commission Director’s Report for the city, San Francisco is the only municipality in California so far with a positive H5N1 avian flu detection. Cities in other states ...
Avian flu cases have spiked around the globe in recent weeks, devastating bird populations and making headlines. The spread of the illness, caused by the H5N1 virus, has resulted in 58 million bird ...
SAN FRANCISCO — A fast-growing outbreak of avian flu has upended California’s dairy industry, the nation’s largest producer of milk, infecting most of the state’s herds and putting ...
The current strain of bird flu, or highly pathogenic avian flu, that’s hit California — and particularly Sonoma County — was first detected in the U.S. in February 2022, CBS News reports.
PETALUMA, Calif. — Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government rules, Weber’s company, Sunrise Farms, had ...
Signs of H5N1 bird flu virus have been detected at three wastewater sites in California's Bay Area, according to sampling data. While positive wastewater samples have been found in seven other ...