{"id":8019,"date":"2024-10-30T05:39:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T10:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=8019"},"modified":"2024-10-30T05:39:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T10:39:54","slug":"health-departments-struggle-to-track-human-cases-of-bird-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/10\/30\/health-departments-struggle-to-track-human-cases-of-bird-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Departments Struggle to Track Human Cases of Bird Flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/infectiousdisease\/publichealth\/112587?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2024-10-25&amp;mh=07f73d99b2b546c079b0b5a2312d87b1&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202024-10-25&amp;utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition\">MedPageToday<\/a> Bird flu cases have more than doubled in the country within a few weeks, but researchers can&#8217;t determine why the spike is happening because surveillance for human infections has been patchy for 7 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just this week, California reported its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/Bird-Flu.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15th infection<\/a>\u00a0in dairy workers and Washington state reported seven probable cases in poultry workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of emails from state and local health departments, obtained in records requests from\u00a0<em>KFF Health News<\/em>, help reveal why. Despite health officials&#8217; arduous efforts to track human infections, surveillance is marred by delays, inconsistencies, and blind spots. Several documents reflect a breakdown in communication with a subset of farm owners who don&#8217;t want themselves or their employees monitored for signs of bird flu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, a terse July 29 email from the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment in Colorado said, &#8220;Currently attempting to monitor 26 dairies. 9 have refused.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/infectiousdisease\/publichealth\/112587?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2024-10-25&amp;mh=07f73d99b2b546c079b0b5a2312d87b1&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202024-10-25&amp;utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MedPageToday Bird flu cases have more than doubled in the country within a few weeks, but researchers can&#8217;t determine why the spike is happening because surveillance for human infections has been patchy for 7 months. Just this week, California reported its\u00a015th infection\u00a0in dairy workers and Washington state reported seven probable cases in poultry workers. 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