Category: Featured Headlines
How Does Bird Flu Spread in Cows? Experiment Yields Some ‘Good News.’
New York Times Scientists say that findings from a small experiment lend hope the outbreak among dairy cattle can potentially be contained. Ever since scientists discovered influenza infecting American cows earlier this year, they have been puzzling over how it spreads from one animal to another. An experiment carried out in Kansas and Germany has shed […]
Jul 2, 2024
Health officials in the Florida Keys issue a dengue fever alert
NBC News A dengue fever alert has been issued in the Florida Keys following two confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne illness. The local warning comes a week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national advisory about the increased risk of dengue virus infections in the United States. Even though most of the dengue […]
Jul 2, 2024
The U.S. strategic drug stockpile is inadequate for a bird flu outbreak
Fortune China reports highly pathogenic H5N6, H7N9 bird flu outbreaks. China reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu at a duck farm in the Guangxi province, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday, citing a report from the Chinese agriculture ministry. The virus killed 23,950 ducks out of a […]
Jun 26, 2024
U.S. is ‘flying blind’ with bird flu, repeating mistakes of COVID, health experts say
NPR It’s been nearly three months since the U.S. government announced an outbreak of the bird flu virus on dairy farms. The World Health Organization considers the virus a public health concern because of its potential to cause a pandemic, yet the U.S. has tested only about 45 people across the country. “We’re flying blind,” […]
Jun 26, 2024
Bird Flu Is Infecting Cats (and the Occasional Dog). Here’s What to Know.
NYT A few “reasonable precautions” can help people keep their pets safe from the H5N1 virus, experts say. Over the past few months, a bird flu outbreak has spread swiftly through dairy cows in the United States, infecting more than 90 herds in 12 states. Along the way, the virus has caused collateral damage in several other […]
Jun 26, 2024
Forbes An ongoing bird flu outbreak among U.S. dairy cows has led to three confirmed human cases in dairy workers, and although there aren’t any confirmed cases of human-to-human transmission, experts warn safety measures like masks, vaccines and safety goggles will be needed if a pandemic is declared due to the virus’s deadly nature. The Centers for […]
Jun 26, 2024
Is New York Prepared for a Bird Flu Pandemic?
NYT The health care system has stockpiles of medicine and has worked out “a lot of the kinks” since the Covid pandemic. But experts still have some concerns about a bird flu outbreak. Four years after a new coronavirus swept through New York in what was called a once-in-a-century event, public health officials are beginning […]
Jun 26, 2024
9th case of bird flu in cattle detected in Sioux County, 11th in Iowa
Iowa Local News The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has confirmed another case of bird flu in Sioux County. According to the Ag Department, this is believed to be the 11th case of bird flu in the state of Iowa. This brings the total number of cases detected in Sioux County up to 9. HPAI […]
Jun 26, 2024
Bird flu spreads to tenth Australian poultry farm
Reuters A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has spread to an eighth poultry farm near Melbourne, the government of Australia’s Victoria state said on Tuesday, taking the total number of infected facilities in the country to 10. Australia is dealing with three parallel outbreaks of bird flu, two near Melbourne and one near Sydney. […]
Jun 26, 2024
“No evidence” new COVID variant LB.1 causes more severe disease, CDC says
CBS News There are no signs so far that the new LB.1 variant is causing more severe disease in COVID-19 patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, as infections have begun to accelerate in this summer’s wave around the country. The LB.1 variant currently makes up 17.5% of new COVID cases, the CDC projected Friday, and could […]
Jun 26, 2024