Year: 2024
Bird flu spreads to 3 more Michigan commercial dairy farms
Michigan Live The highly pathogenic avian flu has infected more Michigan dairy farms only three weeksafter it first spread to cattle. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced Friday, April 12 the bird flu was detected in three commercial farms in Ionia, Isabella and Ottawa counties. This brings the total number of infected […]
Apr 16, 2024
Federal officials are tracking the outbreak of avian influenza in dairy cattle
NPR Audio at the link – Scientists are monitoring the spread of bird flu in dairy cattle and other mammals to see how the virus is changing. So far, there are no alarming signs that it poses a new risk to humans.
Apr 10, 2024
A Spiking Fever
Science Long neglected, Lassa fever is surging in West Africa. Researchers want to know why. Sitting on a bench outside the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo state in southwestern Nigeria in September 2023, Muhammed Luqman Dagana recounted his ordeal earlier in the year with Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic disease of West Africa. […]
Apr 10, 2024
Idaho dairy officials report avian flu affected cows are recovering
Boise Public Radio It’s been two weeks since the initial detection of a strain of bird flu in dairy cows. As of Tuesday, 20 herds had been infected across six states, including one in Idaho. About eight cows on a Cassia County dairy farm got sick after the farm imported cattle from a Texas operation, where animals […]
Apr 10, 2024
Large-scale phenotyping of patients with long COVID post-hospitalization reveals mechanistic subtypes of disease
Nature One in ten severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections result in prolonged symptoms termed long coronavirus disease (COVID), yet disease phenotypes and mechanisms are poorly understood1. Here we profiled 368 plasma proteins in 657 participants ≥3 months following hospitalization. Of these, 426 had at least one long COVID symptom and 233 had fully recovered. […]
Apr 10, 2024
Long COVID leaves telltale traces in the blood, finds new study
Medical Express Findings from the largest UK study of patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection show that long COVID leads to ongoing inflammation which can be detected in the blood. In an analysis of more than 650 people who had been hospitalized with severe COVID-19, patients with prolonged symptoms showed evidence of immune system activation. The […]
Apr 10, 2024
Bird flu detected in some birds found in New York City parks, green spaces
CBS News Bird flu has been detected in some birds found in New York City parks and green spaces. Health officials are growing more concerned about the disease and warn New Yorkers to keep their distance from wildlife. Philip Meade, a postdoctoral fellow at Icahn School of Medicine, says bird flu has been found in […]
Apr 9, 2024
What’s Happening With Dairy Cows and Bird Flu
Johns Hopkins The H5N1 strain of avian influenza—commonly known as bird flu—has been circulating among wild migratory birds for the past two years, with substantial spillover into poultry farms. But what’s sparking concern among scientists and public health officials alike is the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows and the subsequent infection of […]
Apr 9, 2024
H5N1 Avian Influenza’s Flight To Cattle, And Beyond
ACSH As High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) cases emerge in dairy cattle, transmission routes and the source of infection remain unclear. Before jumping to conclusions, what can science tell us? “The ongoing spread of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) in different regions of the world, alongside the recent detections of cases in cattle, is raising […]
Apr 9, 2024
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus: Identification of HumanInfection and Recommendations for Investigations and Response
CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) HealthAdvisory to inform clinicians, state health departments, and the public of a recently confirmed human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus in the United States following exposure to presumably infected dairy cattle. The U.S. Department of […]
Apr 9, 2024