California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday to combat bird flu, which has spread to more than a quarter of all the state's dairies in the last month and infected 34 state ...

California wasn't the first state to declare an emergency over the bird flu. Earlier in 2024 , Colorado Gov. Jared Polis issued an emergency declaration for Weld County due to an outbreak there ...

California has recorded just over half of the 61 bird flu cases detected in the US so far, at 33 out of the 61 recorded infections, which were mostly among dairy farm workers.

California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in that state and causing sporadic illnesses in people in the U.S.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s state of emergency declaration on Wednesday due to bird flu has raised questions about the H5N1 virus, including how it spreads. There are 61 confirmed human cases of bird ...

California officials have documented bird flu in 645 dairy herds—311 dairies in just the last 30 days. The virus has killed more than 123 million birds in the U.S. since 2022, most of them in ...

On Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency to streamline the state's response to avian flu. More than half of the human cases in the U.S. so far have been in California.

On Monday, California became the 14th state to report outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows. Some have wondered how the Golden State avoided an outbreak thus far in the bird flu crisis, after nearly ...

California declared a state of emergency this week over the spread of bird flu in the state as the virus continues to be detected among the state’s cattle herds. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to detection of bird flu in dairy cows, stating this action will streamline the state’s response. Newsom’s ...

While California was not among the first states to detect the bird flu virus in dairy cattle, the state’s agriculture department has found the virus in 645 dairies.

Federal and state health officials have said the risk to the general public is still low. Before the two California workers, 14 people have been infected with bird flu in a handful of states since ...