Author: Claudinne Miller
New bird flu infections: Here’s what you need to know
MIT Tech Review New cases in cows and a dairy worker in Texas highlight the need for vigilance and better strategies to protect animals and people. A dairy worker in Texas tested positive for avian influenza this week. This new human case of bird flu—the second ever reported in the United States—isn’t cause for panic. […]
Apr 5, 2024
Bird flu may be spreading in cows via milking and herd transport
Science New data challenge assumed transmission route and some call for restricting cattle. The bird flu virus spreading through dairy cattle in the United States may be expanding its reach via milking equipment, the people doing the milking, or both, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) representatives reported today at an international, virtual meeting held to […]
Apr 5, 2024
Why a leading bird flu expert isn’t convinced that the risk H5N1 poses to people has declined
STAT News that H5N1 avian influenza has breached another mammalian species — this time dairy cows — has taken the flu science community aback. Though cows previously had been seen to be susceptible to human flu viruses, and could be experimentally infected with H5 in a lab, the absence of cow involvement until now in H5’s nearly 30-year […]
Apr 5, 2024
Scientists investigate thousands of dead Antarctic penguins for bird flu
Reuters Has bird flu already killed hundreds, if not thousands of penguins in Antarctica? That’s what researchers are seeking to find out after a scientific expedition last month found at least 532 dead Adelie penguins, with thousands more thought to have died, according to a statement from Federation University Australia. While the researchers suspect the […]
Apr 5, 2024
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Detections in Livestock
USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and State veterinary and public health officials are investigating an illness among dairy cows. As we learn more about this evolving situation, APHIS will continue to provide confirmatory testing for samples from livestock as well as guidance for producers, […]
Apr 5, 2024
Four Years After Shelter-in-Place, Covid-19 Misinformation Persists
KFF From spring break parties to Mardi Gras, many people remember the last major “normal” thing they did before the novel coronavirus pandemic dawned, forcing governments worldwide to issue stay-at-home advisories and shutdowns. Even before the first case of covid-19 was detected in the U.S., fears and uncertainties helped spur misinformation’s rapid spread. In March […]
Apr 3, 2024
Bird flu virus confirmed in Idaho dairy herd
ABC News The outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu among the nation’s dairy cows is creeping closer to Utah as a herd in southern Idaho was confirmed last week to have the virus. The Idaho State Department of Agriculture said the affected farm in Cassia County had imported cattle from another state previously identified as having the […]
Apr 3, 2024
Bird flu found in dairy cattle herd in Northwest Ohio
Ohio News State officials are investigating after bird flu was detected in cows in a dairy operation in Northwest Ohio. A news release from the Ohio Department of Agriculture says presumptive results from the cows in Wood County showed a positive result for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). State officials are awaiting confirmation from the […]
Apr 3, 2024
Avian flu confirmed in NM dairy cows in two Curry County herds
New Mexico News For days, federal officials have said some New Mexico dairy cows were sick with bird flu. On Tuesday, the state’s top veterinarian said that cows from two separate herds have been confirmed positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza and another herd has “presumptive positives,” meaning suspected positive cases. All of the known cases are […]
Apr 3, 2024