Category: Avian Influenza
S. Korea reports season’s second avian influenza case
MSN South Korea has confirmed the season’s second case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) at a poultry farm, the North Chungcheong provincial government said Friday. The announcement came after the agricultural ministry identified a suspected case the previous day at the duck farm in Eumseong, 94 kilometers south of Seoul. The latest case follows […]
Nov 19, 2024
California health officials report possible bird flu case in Bay Area child
CBS News Officials with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said they have identified a possible bird flu case in a child in Alameda County. CDPH announced Tuesday that the child has mild respiratory symptoms and is recovering at home. The child had a positive bird flu test which showed a “low-level detection of […]
Nov 19, 2024
Could Avian Flu Cause Our Next Pandemic?
MedPageToday Colleagues, it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. Or, for a true reality check, just scan the Department of Agriculture’s frequently-updated map and tablesopens in a new tab or window naming the many animals that have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the U.S. since May 2022. Finding influenza A/H5N1 in […]
Nov 19, 2024
Bird Flu Hits Site With Half of World’s Wandering Albatrosses
Bloomberg An island halfway between South Africa and Antarctica, where half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed, is under threat from a fast-spreading strain of bird flu. High pathogenicity avian influenza, or HPAI, is suspected to have reached Marion Island, one of two sub-Antarctic Islands, controlled by South Africa, the country’s environment department said in […]
Nov 13, 2024
H9N2 avian flu infects 7 more in China
CIDRAP China has reported seven more H9N2 avian flu infections in humans, mostly involving children and all in people whose symptoms began in September and October, Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said today in its weekly avian flu update. Four of the patients are from Hunan province, including a 10-month-old boy, a 1-year-old girl, […]
Nov 13, 2024
Avian flu detected on Oahu for the first time ever
Hawaii News Now For the first time ever, Hawaii’s Department of Health believes they’ve detected H5 Avian influenza from a wastewater site on Oahu. DOH did not immediately provide the location of the site. Officials say the specimen was collected on Nov. 7 and DOH received the result Tuesday. H5N1, also called Highly Pathogenic Avian […]
Nov 13, 2024
Many human infections with ‘cow flu’ are going undetected
Science Scientists find evidence of past H5N1 infection in 7% of workers exposed at dairy farms—but no signs of human-to-human transmission. The H5N1 bird flu strain circulating in U.S. dairy cattle is likely infecting far more farm workers than scientists realized, a new study published today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Nov 12, 2024
Bird flu infections more widespread among US dairy workers than thought – study
Guardian Rate of dairy workers with antibodies to bird flu significantly higher than known cases of virus. Eight out of 115 dairy workers, or 7%, who worked with H5N1-infected cows in Michigan and Colorado have antibodies to bird flu, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – a rate significantly […]
Nov 12, 2024
Canada: B.C. teen with avian flu is in critical condition, provincial health officer says
CBC Teenager from Fraser Valley is first person in Canada believed to have contracted virus. The teenager who tested positive for avian flu is in critical condition and being treated at B.C. Children’s Hospital, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says. Henry says the teen, the first presumptive human case of avian flu contracted in Canada, […]
Nov 12, 2024
Elephant seal colony lost 95% of its pups to bird flu
Earth.com A year after an unprecedented outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza swept through elephant seal breeding grounds on Península Valdés in Argentina, the beaches are quieter, and the normally bustling colonies have drastically diminished. The bird flu outbreak, which killed over 17,000 elephant seals, including almost 97% of the pups, has left a scar on this vulnerable […]
Nov 12, 2024