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Jan 9, 2025 | 
desmoinesregister.com | Xavier Becerra |Tom Vilsack
Xavier Becerra is secretary of Health and Human Services. Tom Vilsack is secretary of Agriculture. When President Joe Biden took office, our nation was reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. During his first year in office, our administration successfully brought the pandemic under control and got America back on its feet. Today, that experience is helping us better prepare to address future health emergencies.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
wisfarmer.com | Xavier Becerra |Tom Vilsack
Avian flu variants have proven to be particularly unpredictable and dangerous to humans in the past. That is why the Biden administration's response has been a top priority. Show Caption Hide Caption First severe case of bird flu reportedJust days after the CDC reassured people that the risk of contracting bird flu remains low among humans, the agency reported the first case of severe illness caused by an infection in the United States.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
ocj.com | Tom Vilsack
June exports of U.S. beef reached the highest value in nearly 2 years, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). While June pork exports were lower year-over-year, shipments through the first half of the year remained ahead of the record value pace of 2023. Beef exports totaled 110,155 metric tons (mt) in June, down 4% from a year ago but the second largest of 2024.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
agrinews-pubs.com | Tom Vilsack
The more we learn about H5N1, the more we understand that good biosecurity is a critically important path to containing the virus. Containing, and eliminating, the virus in our dairy cattle is essential — to protect the health of our herds and flocks, our farmers, our farmworkers, our families and the rural economy they make possible. I’m writing today to ask farmers across the country to help control the spread of the virus.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
farmers-exchange.net | Tom Vilsack
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Good Biosecurity Can Contain Flu
Published: Friday, August 2, 2024
The following is from Tom Vilsack, secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The more we learn about H5N1, the more we understand that good biosecurity is a critically important path to containing the virus.
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
farmweeknow.com | Tom Vilsack
The more we learn about H5N1, the more we understand that good biosecurity is a critically important path to containing the virus. Containing, and eliminating, the virus in our dairy cattle is essential — to protect the health of our herds and flocks, our farmers, our farmworkers, our families and the rural economy they make possible. I’m writing today to ask Farm Bureau members and dairy producers across the country to help control the spread of the virus.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
wylr.net | Tom Vilsack
By Tom VilsackThe more we learn about highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A (H5N1), the more we understand good biosecurity is a critically important path to containing the virus. Containing and eliminating the virus in our dairy cattle is essential to protect the health of our herds and flocks, farmers, farmworkers, families and the rural economy they make possible.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
m.farms.com | Tom Vilsack
By Tom VilsackThe more we learn about H5N1, the more we understand that good biosecurity is a critically important path to containing the virus. Containing, and eliminating, the virus in our dairy cattle is essential – to protect the health of our herds and flocks, our farmers, our farmworkers, our families, and the rural economy they make possible.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
farmersadvance.com | Tom Vilsack
The more we learn about H5N1, the more we understand that good biosecurity is a critically important path to containing the virus. Containing, and eliminating, the virus in our dairy cattle is essential — to protect the health of our herds and flocks, our farmers, our farmworkers, our families and the rural economy they make possible. This past winter a group of migrating wild birds infected with H5N1 transferred the virus to dairy cattle somewhere in the Texas panhandle region.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
desmoinesregister.com | Tom Vilsack
The more we learn about H5N1, the more we understand that good biosecurity is a critically important path to containing the virus. Containing, and eliminating, the virus in our dairy cattle is essential — to protect the health of our herds and flocks, our farmers, our farmworkers, our families, and the rural economy they make possible. This past winter a group of migrating wild birds infected with H5N1 transferred the virus to dairy cattle somewhere in the Texas panhandle region.
