Bird Flu

Opinion: A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History

Mon, 2024-12-02 11:45 — mike kraft

Almost five years after Covid blew into our lives, the main thing standing between us and the next global pandemic is luck. And with the advent of flu season, that luck may well be running out.

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Raw milk from a California dairy is recalled after detection of bird flu virus

Mon, 2024-11-25 18:30 — mike kraft

Raw milk from a California dairy is recalled after routine testing detected the bird flu virus State health officials say the bird flu virus was detected in a retail sample of raw milk from a dairy in Fresno, California. AP News

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Pasteurized milk remains safe to drink, the department said.

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Explainer: Why the latest bird flu case has experts worried about a potential pandemic

Fri, 2024-11-22 10:22 — mike kraft

Why the latest bird flu case has experts worried about a potential pandemic A new potential case of bird flu in a California child without known contact with infected animals is raising concerns about a potential pandemic. Dr. Céline Gounder explains what to know. CBS News

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Bird flu confirmed at 62 more California dairy farms as virus strikes more poultry

Fri, 2024-11-22 10:15 — mike kraft

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today confirmed 62 more avian flu outbreaks in dairy cattle, all involving California herds. The latest detections lift the state’s total since the end of August to 398 and the national total to 612.

California is the nation’s largest dairy producer, and outbreaks in the Central Valley have now affected nearly one-third of the state’s estimated 1,300 herd.

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H5N1 bird flu virus in Canadian teenager displays mutations demonstrating virus’ risk

Tue, 2024-11-19 19:49 — mike kraft

H5N1 bird flu virus in Canadian teenager displays mutations demonstrating virus’ risk The H5N1 virus that infected a Canadian teen appears not to have spread, but it shows signs of mutation that makes flu virologists nervous. Helen Branswell STAT

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Suspected bird flu case repored in California in child

Tue, 2024-11-19 17:11 — mike kraft

California health department reports possible bird flu case in child

Nov 19 (Reuters) - California's public health department reported a possible case of bird flu in a child with mild respiratory symptoms on Tuesday, but said there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus and that the child's family members tested negative.

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CDC's Bird flu response update

Tue, 2024-11-19 11:31 — mike kraft

CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update November 18, 2024 CDC provides an update on its response activities related to the multistate outbreak of avian influe CDC Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

In this week's spotlight, CDC highlights new resources for employers of farm workers, the results of a radio media tour for journalists reporting on flu, and findings from genetic sequencing of some of the avian influenza A(H5) viruses from recent cases among people with exposures to infected animals in Washington and California.

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Canadian teenager's critical condition with presumptive bird flu raises concern about virus' possible wider impact

Thu, 2024-11-14 10:09 — mike kraft

Canadian teenager in critical condition with presumptive bird flu as U.S. official warns the virus 'seems to be gearing up for wider impact' Health officials were struggling to answer a broader and potentially worrisome question: how the infection occurred. Carolyn Barber Fortune

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“This case is very concerning for a number of reasons,” says Rick Bright, an American immunologist and vaccine researcher and a U.S. government health official from 2016 to 2020. “It’s in an otherwise healthy teenager. Like a similar case in Missouri, there’s no clear source for infection and no direct farm connection.”

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H5N1 bird flu might be more prevalent among humans than public health data shows

Tue, 2024-11-12 09:22 — mike kraft

As H5N1 bird flu continues to spread around the US, health officials recently found that 7 percent of dairy workers tested on farms in two states had evidence of recent infection — and some had signs of infection even when they didn’t feel sick.

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