Category: Avian Influenza
There Are No Good Options Left With Bird Flu
The Atlantic reports a significant bird flu outbreak in the U.S. Six people on a Colorado chicken farm have tested positive for H5N1, highlighting the virus’s widespread impact on animals and potential pandemic risk.
Jul 23, 2024
Are Doctors Missing Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu in People Who Drink Raw Milk?
MedPageToday Raw milk from cows infected with the H5N1 bird flu has been shown to contain very high levels of the virus, making it quite risky for people to consume. With FDA data showing some 4.4% of Americans drank raw milk at least once a year, and 1% drank it once a week or more, millions of Americans may […]
Jul 23, 2024
Six Colorado workers contracted bird flu, the most human cases in a state
Washington Post Excessive heat made it hard for poultry workers to wear goggles and masks while culling chickens on a farm with an H5N1 outbreak. Bird flu has infected six farmworkers in Colorado this month — the most in any state — as health officials stressed the importance of preparedness to contain the H5N1 virus spreading in […]
Jul 17, 2024
How nations are preparing for a possible H5N1 bird flu pandemic
Nature Bird flu could become a human pandemic. How are countries preparing? As cases of avian influenza continue to rise in cattle in the United States, countries are preparing for the possibility that the virus could start spreading in people. Many nations are ramping up surveillance, as well as purchasing vaccines or developing new ones. […]
Jul 16, 2024
U.S. bird flu response builds on lessons learned from COVID
Harvard School of Public Health CDC Director Mandy Cohen explains how country is tackling the H5N1 outbreak July 16, 2024—Avian influenza, or bird flu, has been in the headlines for months now, percolating at a low level but sparking concerns about the risk of broader contagion. In the U.S., bird flu has infected dairy cows in […]
Jul 16, 2024
Here’s Why COVID Measures Like Masking And New Ones Like Safety Goggles Could Return If A Bird Flu Pandemic Is Declared
Forbes Here’s the latest news about a global outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that started in 2020, and recently spread among cattle in U.S. states and marine mammals across the world, which has health officials closely monitoring it and experts concerned the virus could mutate and eventually spread to humans, where it has proven rare […]
Jul 16, 2024
5 Cases of Bird Flu Reported in Colorado Poultry Workers, Doubling This Year’s US Tally
KHN Five people who work at a poultry farm in northeastern Colorado have tested positive for the bird flu, the Colorado public health department reported July 14. This brings the known number of U.S. cases to nine. The five people were likely infected by chickens, which they had been tasked with killing in response to a bird […]
Jul 16, 2024
More human avian flu cases have been confirmed in Colorado
Colorado News Four cases of avian flu have been confirmed in poultry workers at a farm in northeast Colorado, with an additional presumed case pending confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment described the facility as a commercial egg layer operation. According to a recent release by the […]
Jul 16, 2024
Cambodia detects another H5N1 bird flu case in human
Vietnam News The Cambodian Ministry of Health on July 8 announced that another human case of H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed on a 5-year-old girl in Takeo province, bringing the number of the infections to seven since the start of 2024. According to the ministry, the patient has a fever and is the cousin […]
Jul 10, 2024
More understanding needed on HPAI spread in wild birds
Watt Poultry The spread of avian influenza by wild birds is affected by migration pattern and species, however, more research is needed to understand the impact of the virus on wild bird populations. The nature of wild bird species and their behaviors should drive the poultry industry’s understanding of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses, a subtype of influenza […]
Jul 10, 2024