Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

Laboratory tests by the US Department of Agriculture haven’t found any H5N1 bird flu virus in raw beef, but they are a good reminder why eating rare hamburgers can be risky.

USDA under then Secretary Tom Vilsack conditionally approved a vaccine made by Zoetis, containing a killed version of an H5N2 variant designed to work against circulating H5N1 variants.

But that is based on work done on other pathogens, not H5N1. STAT has been pressing the USDA about whether research is being done to test the effect of pasteurization on H5N1-contaminated milk.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has ramped up its fight against the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 with a groundbreaking strategy that puts ...

The USDA refers to isolation and contact tracing as Stage 3 of a five-stage plan for controlling H5N1 in cattle, with the two earlier stages being the mandatory sampling and testing, meant to be ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it will sample the nation's milk supply to test for the H5N1 bird flu virus.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Friday announced a new national milk testing order to check for H5N1 bird flu. It requires raw unpasteurized milk samples nationwide sent to USDA for testing.

The USDA announced on March 25 that it had confirmed H5N1 in dairy cows in Texas, a finding that has unsettled scientists who have followed this virus’ progression across the globe and into ...

The USDA said that since H5N1 was detected in dairy cattle in March the agency has worked to assess the prevalence of the virus and to "quickly contain the disease event." ...