Congressional push to contain spread comes as tests of milk suggest H5N1 outbreak among dairy cows is more widespread than previously thought
Some U.S. lawmakers urged the Biden administration on Friday to further contain the spread of bird flu in dairy cows as tests of milk suggested the outbreak is more widespread than previously thought.
“Containing this before it spreads among humans is critical. Given lessons learned from COVID, this federal response is insufficient,” Republican U.S. Senator Mitt Romney said in a post on X. Some lawmakers, including Romney, have made a bipartisan push to reauthorize legislation known as the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act that lapsed last year and is aimed at bolstering the nation’s response to pandemics and other public health threats.
The Texas Animal Health Commission said it did not receive the location of the worker’s farm or obtain samples of that herd to test because of the person’s confidentiality. One in five commercial milk samples tested in a nationwide survey contained particles of the H5N1 virus, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said late on Thursday. The agency said there is no reason to believe the virus found in milk poses a risk to human health.
Osterholm said the developments suggest the U.S. should be doing much more sampling, in both dairy and beef cattle, as well as pigs, which are a frequent mixing vessel for flu viruses that can be transmitted to people.
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