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USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
NBC The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired “several” agency employees who are working on the federal government’s response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak. “Although several positions supporting [bird flu efforts] were notified of their terminations over the weekend, we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and […]
Feb 18, 2025
Flu deaths may have surpassed COVID deaths nationwide for first time since start of pandemic, early CDC data suggests
CBS News For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, more people in the U.S. died of influenza than from COVID-19 in the week ending on Jan. 25, according to weekly figures published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the week ending on Jan. 25, nearly 1.7% of all deaths […]
Feb 18, 2025
As egg prices soar, Trump administration plans new strategy to fight bird flu
MSN With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off millions of chickens when the disease strikes a flock. The federal government will seek “better ways, with biosecurity and medication and so on” rather than the current standard practice of […]
Feb 18, 2025
How a bird flu pandemic could emerge
CBS News Video The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued conditional approval for a bird flu vaccine for use in chickens. There have been at least 68 confirmed cases of bird flu among humans since 2024, according to the CDC. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder joins to discuss the state of the virus […]
Feb 18, 2025
First Cows, Now Cats. Is Bird Flu Coming for Humans Next?
WSJ With so much H5N1 virus circulating across the U.S., scientists worry we are a few mutations away from a potential human pandemic. Bird flu is here to stay. The H5N1 avian influenza is proliferating among U.S. cows and there are now two strains circulating among mammals and birds. Though there are only 68 confirmed cases in […]
Feb 18, 2025
Ebola Virus Strikes Again
MedPage Today On the first day of President Trump’s second term, he signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO). In an ironic twist of fate just 10 days later, a 32-year-old Ugandan nurse had a positive post-mortem test for a deadly filovirus. But unlike Ebola Zaire virus, its close viral kin, this man’s killer […]
Feb 18, 2025
Uganda confirms 2 new Ebola cases, total rises to 9
BNO News Two new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the outbreak affecting Uganda, bringing the total to nine, according to the country’s health ministry. The new cases were confirmed by Uganda’s Ministry of Health in a statement on Monday, according to Reuters. Of the nine total cases, one death has been confirmed, while the remaining […]
Feb 12, 2025
Kansas City Tuberculosis Outbreak: A Deadly Wake-Up Call
AJMC The Kansas City, Kansas, area is currently experiencing a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak, with 2 deaths, 67 active cases, and 79 latent cases reported so far. This surge comes amid a broader rise in TB cases across the US and globally over the past 3 years. In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care®, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, director […]
Feb 11, 2025
How Worried Should You Be About Bird Flu? Here’s What to Know.
WSJ Risk for the general public is still low, but public-health experts advise caution. Sky-high egg prices. Millions of dead chickens. A new strain in cattle. Bird flu is making its way around the country, hitting farmers and consumers in their wallets. A second strain of H5N1 avian flu was recently detected among dairy cows in Nevada, […]
Feb 11, 2025
China reports two new cases of H9N2
China Center for Health Protection Avian influenza A(H9N2):Hunan Province:
Feb 11, 2025