Author: Claudinne Miller
Which Animals Have Caught Bird Flu In The U.S.?
Forbes Over the past year, bird flu has spread far beyond America’s avian creatures. Largely concentrated among farm animals, it’s also hit zoos, domestic pets and even people. The risk to public health remains very low. But experts are watching the disease closely as it spreads and adapts among animals, in case any changes improve […]
Jan 2, 2025
Genetic Sequences of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses Identified in a Person in Louisiana
CDC CDC has sequenced the influenza viruses in specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who was infected with, and became severely ill from HPAI A(H5N1) virus. The genomic sequences were compared to other HPAI A(H5N1) sequences from dairy cows, wild birds and poultry, as well as previous human cases and were identified as the […]
Jan 2, 2025
Investigation of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus in Dairy Cattle
FDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with state partners, continue to investigate an outbreak of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) impacting poultry, dairy cows, and people in multiple states. The responsibility of the FDA is to protect the public health […]
Jan 2, 2025
Avian Influenza Suspected in Snow Goose Mortalities
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Avian influenza (AI) is suspected to have caused the deaths of about 200 snow geese found Monday in the greater Allentown area. Dead birds were recovered from two sites, one in Lower Nazareth Township in Northampton County and another in Upper Macungie Township in Lehigh County. Preliminary in-state testing indicated the presence […]
Jan 2, 2025
Scientists Are Racing to Develop a New Bird Flu Vaccine
Time A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator. Around the same time, a senior in Louisiana was diagnosed with the first “severe” case in the U.S. As bird flu continues to ramp up, many are wondering what tools—namely, vaccines—we have […]
Jan 2, 2025
FDA testing aged raw cow’s milk cheese for bird flu
The Hill The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin collecting samples of raw cow’s milk cheese from across the U.S. to test for the presence of bird flu, spurred on by the ongoing outbreaks of H5N1 in multiple states. In the announcement published Monday, the FDA said the goal of testing will be two-fold: detecting […]
Jan 2, 2025
Bird Flu Samples From Very Ill Patient Had ‘Concerning’ Mutations
NYT Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there is no sign that mutations are widespread in nature. After someone in southwest Louisiana was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, the first such illness reported in the United States, health […]
Jan 2, 2025
CDC Says It’s Searching for These Pandemic Red Flags
Newsweek he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed it is monitoring for a number of red flags that suggest bird flu could become the world’s next pandemic. The first severe human bird flu case in the United States was reported in Louisiana earlier this month. Genetic analysis found the virus had mutated, making it more easily transmissible […]
Jan 2, 2025
Highly Infectious Tularemia Cases Increasing
Newsmax Cases of a bacterial infection called “rabbit fever” have been increasing during the past decade. Cases of tularemia increased by 56% during the 2010s compared to the previous decade, researchers report in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Half of all the nearly 2,500 reported cases between 2011 and 2022 came from four states: […]
Jan 2, 2025
Bird flu suspected in Ohio, dead birds found in several counties
Cleveland.com The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife is working with other agencies to monitor the suspected presence of bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza, in the state. In recent months, the virus has been detected in several states, according to the division. Continue reading
Jan 2, 2025