Wisconsin Flu Cases, Hospitalizations SpikeMADISON, Wis. - The flu has hit Wisconsin hard, already sickeninghundreds more people than...Richmond, Todd
The daily life of Rayline Oestreich, a student at a teacher's college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was also defined by so-called "ostrich tactics."She kept a diary as well, noting: [It] sure was a queer Sunday. Not a machine on the street because of the [wartime] gasoline conservation or...
During a bird flu outbreak, farmers report the incident to the USDA and officials from the agency visit the farm to slaughter the entire flock, Andrew Stevens, an agricultural economist at the University of Wisconsin, told CBS MoneyWatch. For the chicken farmer, that means "hundreds of thousand...
The daily life of Rayline Oestreich, a student at a teacher's college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was also defined by so-called "ostrich tactics."She kept a diary as well, noting: [It] sure was a queer Sunday. Not a machine on the street because of the [wartime] gasoline conservation or...
(Wisconsin Humane Society via AP) Read More 2 of 3 | In this photo provided by The Raptor Center, a bald eagle receives care in a special quarantine area the center set up for possible avian flu cases in St. Paul, Minn., March 29, 2022. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
21, 2015. The bird flu outbreak that led to the deaths of millions of chickens and turkeys in the U.S. in 2022 appears to finally be waning, but experts caution the virus hasn’t disappeared and another surge in cases is possible this fall. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) By ...
is the biggest since 2015, when producers had to kill more than 50 million birds. So far this year, there have been cases in 24 states, with Iowa the hardest hit with about 13 million chickens and turkeys killed. Other states with sizable outbreaks include Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota...
H5N1 has since spread to 17 other wildlife species in 22 states, including 60 red foxes, 16 harbor seals, and 14 striped skunks. Nearly half the infected red foxes were reported in Michigan and Wisconsin8. While bird flu primarily strikes animals, it has so far been detected in four peop...
In 1988, a swine flu virus killed pregnant 32-year-old Barbara Ann Wieners after she visited a hog barn at a country fair in Wisconsin. Doctors were able to induce labor and deliver a healthy daughter before she died. Though those working with pigs and those she came into contact with te...
Not everyone agrees, as we’ll see in a moment. But here’s something else that’s suggestive: until very recently, only severe cases of H5N1 infection have been studied by doctors and scientists: the people who end up in hospital at death’s door, where nearly half of them die. ...