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USDA confirms more H5N1 avian flu in cats, other mammals
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported 15 more H5N1 avian flu ...
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Fatal H5N1 case reported in India's Andhra Pradesh state
India reported its last human H5N1 infection in 2021, a fatal case in an 11-year-old boy who had an underlying medical condition. However, in May 2024, Australia reported an H5N1 infection in an ...
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As bird flu wreaks havoc in the Midwest, researchers say vaccines offer a way out
Great Lakes farms have become a hot spot for bird flu, killing millions of birds and raising fears of a human pandemic.
Minnesota health department cuts 170 jobs after federal COVID grant freeze
Minnesota’s health department is laying off 170 employees whose positions were funded by pandemic-era federal grants to the ...
Hundreds of Minnesota Department of Health employees laid off, services cut
The reduction is expected to have wide-reaching consequences for the state's public health efforts, according to MDH Commissioner Dr. Brooke Cunningham.
Minnesota Department of Health issues 170 layoff notices in response to federal grant cuts
Response to infectious disease outbreaks could be slower as a result of cuts in lab technicians, public health investigators, state officials say.