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June 10, 2024 (Washington, D.C.) -- Dairy farmers throughout the country are on guard and the federal government is mobilizing after an outbreak among cattle herds of highly pathogenic avian influenza — once thought to be confined to poultry flocks.
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February 15, 2015 (San Diego's East County) - February is Heart Health Month, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a Million Hearts® effort to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes in the United States by 2017. The CDC is encouraging you to know your blood pressure, and if it's high, to make control your goal.
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The USDA has performed more than 17,000 tests for avian influenza on cattle, with a total of 67 herds affected throughout nine states.
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