Author: Claudinne Miller
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
Cornell scientists identify bird flu infecting dairy cows
Cornell University Cornell virology experts are sequencing the bird flu virus that struck cows in the Texas panhandle last week, after work at Cornell and two other veterinary diagnostic laboratories found the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in cattle samples, a first for this species. Sequencing of the virus may help scientists understand why […]
Apr 3, 2024
F.D.A. Authorizes New Drug to Protect High-Risk Patients From Covid
New York Times Pemgarda, available in the coming weeks, is intended for immunocompromised people who are unlikely to mount an adequate response after vaccination. The Food and Drug Administration has greenlit a new medicine to protect some of the people most at risk from Covid. The agency granted emergency use authorization for Pemgarda, a monoclonal […]
Apr 2, 2024
England’s Measles Outbreak Nears 10 Year Peak
Precision Vaccinations Measles outbreaks are an ongoing health risk worldwide, including in the United Kingdom (U.K.). The U.K.’s health agency recently confirmed a significant increase in measles cases across England, primarily in the West Midlands, driven by cases in Birmingham. The U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reported data from October 2023: 868 laboratory-confirmed measles cases had been reported in England […]
Apr 2, 2024
Bird flu strain raises alarm as H5N1 virus kills South American wildlife
Reuters The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread more aggressively than ever before in wild birds and marine mammals since arriving in South America in 2022, raising the risk of it evolving into a bigger threat to humans, according to interviews with eight scientists. Of more immediate concern is evidence the disease, once largely confined […]
Apr 2, 2024
Summary Analysis of Genetic Sequences of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses in Texas
CDC CDC has sequenced the influenza virus genome identified in a specimen collected from the patient in Texas who was confirmed to be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) [“HPAI A(H5N1)”] virus and compared these with HPAI A(H5N1) sequences from cattle, wild birds and poultry. The virus sequences are HA clade 2.3.4.4b HPAI A(H5N1) […]
Apr 2, 2024