The U.S. Department of Agriculture will test ground beef for bird flu particles, though officials said Tuesday they’re confident the nation’s meat supply is safe. Bird flu has been found in nearly three-dozen dairy herds across nine states. Two studies will test if particles of the bird flu virus, called Type A H5N1, is found in beef for sale in …
Contrary to what some people think that the bird flu virus, also known as Avian influenza, is spread to humans via consumption of cooked poultry products, health experts on Sunday stressed that it usually does not infect people as the virus is heat-labile. Although the virus causing bird flu usually does not infect people, but rare cases of human infection …
