June 15, 2026
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Expert: It’s time to vaccinate US dairy cattle against bird flu
Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA, wants to get the word out: The time is now to vaccinate U.S. dairy cattle against bird flu. “While vaccines in poultry are an active area of investment, it now seems of paramount importance to additionally employ similar strategies in U.S. dairy cattle,” Gray, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at The University of Texas Medical Branch, and
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Experts call for H5N1 vaccination in US dairy cattle, citing >1,141 infected herds and 71 human cases (2 deaths) since 2024. Vaccination reduces viral shedding and farm worker exposure while mitigating pandemic spillover risk from endemic H5N1 in wild birds.
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