Category: Avian Influenza
More than half of cats died after drinking raw milk from bird flu-infected cows
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May 1, 2024
Could bird flu cause a human pandemic?
Vox Here’s what’s worrying experts right now about H5N1’s spread among dairy cows — and what isn’t. Last year, when an H5N1 avian flu virus — commonly known as bird flu — was spilling over from bird populations into a variety of wild mammals, Seema Lakdawala, a virologist and influenza A transmission specialist at Emory […]
Apr 30, 2024
4 more cats test positive for H5N1 bird flu in the U.S.
BNO News Four more cats have tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in connection with a growing outbreak in dairy cows in the United States, according to state and federal officials, raising the number of cases in the current outbreak to seven. Sonja Olsen, the Associate Director of Preparedness and Response at CDC’s Influenza Division, […]
Apr 30, 2024
Svalbard, Norway: Walrus dies from bird flu on Arctic island
Straights Times The first case of a walrus dying from bird flu has been detected on one of Norway’s Arctic islands, a researcher said April 29. The walrus was found last year on Hopen island in the Svalbard archipelago, Mr Christian Lydersen, of the Norwegian Polar Institute, told AFP. Tests carried out by a German […]
Apr 30, 2024
Technical Report: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses
CDC A small number of sporadic human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) have been identified worldwide since 2022, amidst a panzootic of these viruses in wild birds and poultry. Nearly all human cases reported globally since 2022 were associated with poultry exposures, and no cases of human-to-human transmission of HPAI A(H5N1) virus have been identified. […]
Apr 26, 2024
The Conversation The discovery of fragments of avian flu virus in milk sold in U.S. stores, including in about 20% of samples in initial testing across the country, suggests that the H5N1 virus may be more widespread in dairy cattle than previously realized. The Food and Drug Administration, which announced the early results from its nationally representative sampling on […]
Apr 25, 2024
The Evolving Danger of the New Bird Flu
NYT Podcast An unusual outbreak of the disease has spread to dairy herds in multiple U.S. states. TRANSCRIPT: From “The New York Times,” I’m Sabrina Tavernise, and this is “The Daily.” [MUSIC PLAYING] The outbreak of bird flu that is tearing through the nation’s poultry farms is the worst in US history. But scientists say […]
Apr 24, 2024
Why the WHO’s chief scientist is concerned about bird flu
Washington Post The World Health Organization’s chief scientist called the bird flu an “enormous concern,” citing critical questions over how the virus is transmitted. Jeremy Farrar singled out the recent outbreak in dairy cows in the United States — the first time the country’s dairy cattle have been infected with the highly pathogenic avian influenza. With H5N1 […]
Apr 24, 2024
Bird flu hits turkey flock in Newaygo County as virus spreads in Michigan
BridgeMI The bird flu continues to impact poultry flocks in Michigan as wild birds make their migration from the south. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported last week that highly pathogenic avian influenza had been detected in a commercial flock of turkeys being raised for meat in Newaygo County. News of the outbreak, which affected more than […]
Apr 24, 2024
Lasers, Inflatable Dancers and the Fight to Fend Off Avian Flu
NYT Some poultry growers are turning to innovative tactics to protect their flocks, deploying deterrents like drones, air horns, balloons and decoy predators. Loren Brey, a poultry grower in Minnesota, walked onto the farm where his egg-laying turkeys nest in November to discover a handful of hens, dead from the highly pathogenic avian flu. Within […]
Apr 24, 2024