West Nile virus en route to 'Golden State'

The project, one of 17 vaccine efforts selected under a $100 million USDA program, aims for a vaccine that could be given before chicks hatch or through drinking water

The state is the 22nd to report the virus in cows, and the outbreak next door has been linked to 3 human infections, including 1 death.

The free online tool from the University of Minnesota catalogs vaccines, either in the works or already on the market, for dogs, cats, livestock, and poultry.

The detection, found through routine milk testing, brings the number of states with infected dairy herds to 21 and follows Washington's first cases in October.

The donor-funded facility, set to open in fall 2027, is going up alongside a $50 million expansion of the veterinary college’s 1970s-era teaching hospitals.

In past cases, the FDA has cited testing that matched the E coli strain that sickened a hospitalized child to unopened Darwin’s dog food and linked the company’s food to a kitten’s death from Salmonella infection. The cases are part of a yearslong record of recalls, illness reports, and disputes over how the agency regulates raw pet food.