Category: Featured
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
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
CDC Reports Fourth Human Case of H5 Bird Flu Tied to Dairy Cow Outbreak
CDC A human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) (“H5 bird flu”) virus infection in the United States has been identified in the state of Colorado. This is the fourth case associated with an ongoing multistate outbreak of A(H5N1) in dairy cows and the first in Colorado. Previous cases were reported in Texas (1) and Michigan (2). As with […]
Jul 9, 2024
$176 Awarded for Another Pandemic Influenza Vaccine
Precision Vaccinations In the past two years, H5 influenza virus subtypes have caused severe disease in birds and mammals in the United States. Because of various media reports, there is concern about the risk of these viruses spreading to humans, which could generate another pandemic. On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]
Jul 2, 2024
US health agencies launch new studies of H5N1 bird flu in dairy workers and dairy products
CNN US health agencies are starting new rounds of tests on dairy workers and milk products to better understand the possible impact of H5N1 bird flu. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is partnering with the state of Michigan to begin a highly anticipated study to assess whether workers exposed to infected cattle […]
Jun 26, 2024
A rare, deadly bacterial infection is on the rise in Japan. What is STSS?
Washington Post Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome kills up to 30 percent of patients and is “highly associated” with flesh-eating infections. Symptoms include fever and a red rash. A record number of cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) in Japan this year has focused attention on the rare and potentiallydeadly bacterial infection. There have been 1,019 […]
Jun 19, 2024
(H5N1) Explained: Toddler Infected With Another Strain—Second Human Case In India
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 […]
Jun 12, 2024
Man in Mexico dies in first known human case of H5N2 bird flu variant
Washington Post The 59-year-old had no known exposure to poultry or other animals, the World Health Organization said. His symptoms included nausea, fever and shortness of breath. A 59-year-old male resident of Mexico died after being infected with a bird flu subtype never before confirmed to have spread to humans, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The […]
Jun 6, 2024
Three Human Bird Flu Cases Have Been Reported This Year In America. Should We Be Worried?
Forbes In the months of April and May alone, three human cases of bird flu have now been reported in the United States, according to the CDC. All three cases have occurred in individuals who had direct exposure to infected dairy cows in the states of Texas and Michigan, and all cases have presumably been from […]
Jun 5, 2024
CHP closely monitors human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) on Mainland
gov.HK The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (May 27) closely monitoring a human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) on the Mainland, and again urged the public to maintain strict personal, food and environmental hygiene both locally and during travel. The case involves a 52-year-old female living in Quanzhou […]
May 28, 2024