New federal portal centralizes information and updates on efforts to protect livestock and public health The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently introduced a new federal website…
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FDA Approves Drug for New World Screwworm in U.S. Livestock
Dectomax-CA1 receives conditional approval to help protect livestock from a serious parasitic threat while data collection continues. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has conditionally approved Dectomax-CA1…
Read MoreUSDA Launches Strategy to Address New World Screwworm Threat
The $8.5 million ‘fly dispersal facility’ and five-part plan are to prevent the spread of the deadly livestock fly from Mexico to the U.S. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture…
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HHS Reevaluates Human Bird Flu Vaccine Contract with Moderna
The agency is considering rescinding the $590 million contract awarded by President Biden’s administration. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed that it is reevaluating a…
Read MoreUSDA Launches National Milk Testing to Address H5N1 in Dairy Cattle
The testing is intended to enhance biosecurity, safeguard public health, and support dairy farmers amid bird flu outbreak. The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service…
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