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France Declares Itself Bird Flu-Free After Month Without New Cases

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France has officially declared itself free of bird flu after going over a month without any new outbreaks, the agriculture ministry announced. Despite this positive development, the country remains on high alert as the virus continues to spread rapidly across Europe. Since early August, France recorded 12 outbreaks on poultry farms and three cases in backyard flocks. However, surveillance was lifted last week at the sites of the latest cases. This bird flu-free status, recognized under international guidelines, could boost France’s poultry trade by encouraging importing countries to lift restrictions…

U.S. set about testing bird flu vaccines for poultry after record outbreak

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The U.S. government is testing four potential bird flu vaccines for poultry, officials said on Friday, after more than 58 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have died in the nation’s worst outbreak ever. The trials, conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service, are the first step in a lengthy process toward the possible first use of vaccines to protect U.S. poultry from the lethal virus. Bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), has killed hundreds of millions of birds around the world, raising…