Bird flu on dairy farms: U.S. offers aid to help track and contain outbreaks

Dairy farmers will be compensated for the loss of milk production from infected cattle, whose supply drops dramatically when they become sick.

U.S. health and agriculture officials pledged nearly $200 million in new spending and other efforts Friday to help track and contain an outbreak of bird flu in the nation’s dairy cows that has spread to more than 40 herds in nine states.