Collection and testing of raw milk cheese will be done by the FDA amid outbreaks of the illness in several states.

The FDA is testing cheese in response to a bird flu outbreak in several states that is impacting poultry, dairy cows and people across the U.S.

Bird flu virus has swept through farms across the nation’s largest dairy producing state. All human cases had been mild - until now.

California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in that state and causing sporadic illnesses in people in the U.S.

California declared a state of emergency this week over the spread of bird flu in the state as the virus continues to be detected among the state’s cattle herds. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said in a statement Wednesday that the declaration of an emergency is meant to “ensure government agencies have the resources