PESCADERO, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 20: A view of chickens and a rooster at a farm as California declares state of emergency to prevent new public health crisis on Bird flu in Pescadero, California, ...

Oct 11 (Reuters) - U.S. and California health officials confirmed two new cases of H5N1 bird flu in dairy farm workers in the state on Friday, bringing the total of infected dairy workers in that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dairies say USDA aid kept them afloat as bird flu hit milk supplies, but critics say it perpetuates risky industrial farming.

Current and former workers at the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory said last year that bird flu was poorly managed, causing an exodus of workers and leaving a skeletal crew ...