Susanne Rust is an investigative reporter specializing in environmental issues. Before coming to the Los Angeles Times, she was the editor of Columbia University’s Energy & Environmental Reporting Project, where she oversaw several reporting projects, including a series that examined ExxonMobil’s understanding of climate science in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Rust started her career in 2003 as a science reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She is the recipient of numerous journalism awards, including a George Polk and John S. Oakes award for environmental reporting. In 2009, she and her colleague, Meg Kissinger, were selected as Pulitzer finalists. Rust was a John S. Knight fellow at Stanford University in 2009, and environment reporter at the Center for Investigative Reporting between 2010 and 2014.
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Public health officials have announced that raw milk contaminated with the bird flu virus may have been sold at stores in Los Angeles County.
New research and discussions with dairy farmers in the Central Valley suggests H5N1 bird flu is more widespread among people than the reported numbers indicate.
Bird flu virus was detected in a retail sample of raw milk from Fresno-based dairy Raw Farm, California health officials said.
California health officials reported Tuesday that a child in Alameda County has been infected with bird flu; source unknown.
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Health officials have announced six more H5N1 bird flu infections in humans: five in California and the first known case in Oregon.
Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. But a new case in a British Columbia teenager has experts worried.
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Public health officials maintain the risk of H5N1 bird flu infection remains low. They are searching for the source.