Dairy cows stand in a field outside of a milking barn at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa. The U.S. issued a federal order Friday ...

On Friday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would begin a nationwide testing program for the presence of the H5N1 flu virus, also known as the bird flu. Testing will focus on ...

The United States issued a federal order on Friday mandating that the national milk supply be tested for bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters, as authorities seek to grapple with ...

(CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture will begin testing raw milk from dairy silos across the nation in an effort to better track the H5N1 bird flu that has been spreading in cattle since March.

A recent Federal Order from the US Department of Agriculture aims to track, prevent, and address contaminated dairy products while public health risk remains low. Earlier this year, the CDC confirmed ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday ordered testing of the nation's milk supply for bird flu to help monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows. The USDA said that raw or ...