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Dairy farmers throughout the country are on guard and the federal government is mobilizing after an outbreak among cattle herds of highly pathogenic avian influenza — once thought to be

The USDA has performed more than 17,000 tests for avian influenza on cattle, with a total

Federal health officials are worried that highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, is crossing several animal boundaries, and the third person to contract the disease last week had respiratory symptoms.

Dairy farmers are on guard and the federal government is mobilizing after an outbreak among cattle herds of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The virus' leap from animals to humans is not yet alarming public health officials or vets, who say the risk to the public remains low.

Workers on the front lines may be handling animals and food products before they have been treated for possible bird flu contamination.

(CNN) — More than 100 cases of measles have been reported in the United States since the start of the year, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

An increase in the spread of measles has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concerned about whether the disease will no longer be considered eliminated in the US....

More than 100 cases of measles have been reported in the United States this year, and the CDC warns that increase threatens the country’s disease elimination status.

(CNN) — More than 100 cases of measles have been reported in the United States since the start of the year, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention