Cassidy Calls For More Bird Flu Transparency From FDA, Administration

The ranking Republican on the Senate health committee, Sen. Bill Cassidy (LA), is asking the Biden administration to provide more transparency on its gathering of scientific evidence surrounding the current outbreak of avian influenza, including information about the testing FDA is doing to measure the safety of the milk supply. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI or H5N1) was first detected in birds in the United States, including poultry, in 2022. One person in Texas has tested positive for the virus,...