Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
How Worried Should You Be About Bird Flu? Here’s What to Know.
WSJ Risk for the general public is still low, but public-health experts advise caution. Sky-high egg prices. Millions of dead chickens. A new strain in cattle. Bird flu is making its way around the country, hitting farmers and consumers in their wallets. A second strain of H5N1 avian flu was recently detected among dairy cows in Nevada, […]
Feb 11, 2025
Bird Flu Suspected in Deaths of Ducks and Wild Birds at N.Y.C. Zoos
NY Times Three ducks died of the disease at the Queens Zoo, while three more ducks and nine wild birds that died at the Bronx Zoo were being tested for the virus, according to the parks’ operator. Three ducks at the Queens Zoo died because of bird flu, and as many as 12 more birds […]
Feb 11, 2025
New York poultry markets ordered to close temporarily as bird flu concerns spread
NBC News New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered a temporary closure of live-poultry markets after bird flu was detected in the outer boroughs of New York City. The order, signed by Hochul on Friday, requires the markets to close down between Feb. 7 and Feb. 14 as facilities undergo a complete disinfection process. It calls for markets […]
Feb 11, 2025
House cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health
ABC News More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or wild birds. Now, a small but growing […]
Feb 11, 2025
China reports two new cases of H9N2
China Center for Health Protection Avian influenza A(H9N2):Hunan Province:
Feb 11, 2025
Number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda rises to nine
Reuters The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to nine from three, the country’s health ministry said. The East African country declared an outbreak of the severe, often-fatal viral infection late last month. The latest outbreak is being driven by the Sudan strain of the virus, for which there is no approved vaccine. Uganda’s […]
Feb 11, 2025
Fifteen cases of measles reported in small West Texas county with high rate of vaccine exemptions
NBC Local health officials set up a drive-thru vaccination clinic last week and are offering screening services to residents. Fifteen measles cases — mostly in school-aged children — have been confirmed in a small county in West Texas with one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the state. South Plains Public Health District Director Zach Holbrooks said […]
Feb 11, 2025
Flu is surging nationwide, with 24 million cases so far
Washington Post Ten states and New York City are experiencing the highest levels of flu activity, according to the CDC. Flu cases are surging across the nation, closing nearly a dozen schools and swamping hospitals in some states. At least 24 million cases, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths — 57 of them children — have […]
Feb 11, 2025
Dead wild birds found in Ann Arbor, Chain of Lakes amid bird flu outbreak
Michigan Live The sad sight of dead swans, geese and ducks met Betsy Sallade-Farina when she woke up Thursday, Feb. 6, on her lake near the county line between Livingston and Washtenaw counties. “I’ve been on the chain of lakes all my life, and I’ve never seen so many birds dead like that,” said Sallade-Farina, […]
Feb 11, 2025
New version of bird flu infects Nevada dairy worker
Washington Post This version of the virus is circulating broadly in wild birds and is different from the virus that has been causing dairy cow outbreaks since early 2024, the CDC said. A Nevada dairy worker was infected with a version of bird flu that is known to have killed one person in the United States and severely […]
Feb 11, 2025