Author: Claudinne Miller
First measles case confirmed in West Virginia since 2009
WV News A patient of WVU Medicine in Monongalia County has tested positive for measles. WVU Medicine announced Monday that a patient tested positive after visiting an outpatient clinic last week and is recovering at their home. The U.S. has seen an uptick in measles cases in 2024, but this is the first case confirmed in West […]
Apr 24, 2024
Massive amounts of H5N1 vaccine would be needed if there’s a bird flu pandemic. Can we make enough?
STAT Helen Branswell The unsettling reality of H5N1 bird flu circulating in dairy cow herds in multiple parts of the United States is raising anxiety levels about whether this dangerous virus, which has haunted the sleep of people who worry about influenza pandemics for more than 20 years, could be on a path to acquiring the ability […]
Apr 24, 2024
Is There a Vaccine for H5N1 Influenza?
MedPageToday On the heels of a multi-state outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) in dairy cows, experts told MedPage Today that a trio of H5N1 vaccines for humans has already been developed and approved in the U.S. While there hasn’t been an outbreak among people to put them to the test, human-to-human transmission would “drive the […]
Apr 24, 2024
CureVac Announces Start of Combined Phase 1/2 Study in Avian Influenza (H5N1); Development in Collaboration with GSK
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Apr 24, 2024
USDA releases H5N1 bird flu genetic data eagerly awaited by scientists
STAT Helen Branswell The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which has been under pressure from scientists both at home and abroad to share more data on the H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in dairy cows, uploaded a large number of genetic sequences of the pathogen late Sunday. The excitement that news generated in the scientific community quickly gave way to frustration, […]
Apr 23, 2024
Genetic analysis reveals H5N1 flu virus outbreak in cows likely started earlier than thought
STAT Helen Branswell The H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cows in the United States has likely been going on for months longer than was previously realized, and has probably spread more widely across the country than the confirmed outbreaks would imply, according to an analysis of genetic sequences that were released Sunday by the U.S. Department […]
Apr 23, 2024
Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
FDA Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is a disease that is highly contagious and often deadly in poultry, caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5) and A (H7) viruses; it is also known as bird or avian flu. HPAI viruses can be transmitted by wild birds to domestic poultry and other bird and animal […]
Apr 23, 2024
Bird flu virus found in grocery milk as officials say supply still safe
Washington Post Viral fragments of bird flu have been identified in samples of milk taken from grocery store shelves in the United States, a finding that does not necessarily suggest a threat to human health but indicates the avian flu virus is more widespread among dairy herds than previously thought, according to two public health officials and […]
Apr 23, 2024
Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe?
AP A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has spread to more than two dozen herds in eight states A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation’s largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens. Health officials stress that the […]
Apr 23, 2024
USDA shares recent H5N1 avian flu sequences amid more dairy herd outbreaks
CIDRAP The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) last night announced that it has shared 239 recent genetic sequences of the H5N1 avian flu virus from poultry, wild birds, and dairy cows, which will help scientists look for new clues about the spread of the virus. In related developments […]
Apr 23, 2024