Louisiana reports a presumptive case of #H5N1 #birdflu in a person who had exposure to sick & dead birds suspected of having been infected. The person is in hospital.
Samples en route to #CDC for confirmatory testing.
California reported 2 more cases today. National total this year 60, maybe 61.

Five animals have died of bird flu at Arizona’s World Wildlife Zoo, including a cheetah, a mountain lion, a swamphen, an Indian goose, and a Kookaburra. A white tiger tested positive for the virus but is expected to recover. https://shorturl.at/keMih

#birdflu #press

A single Mutation could bring Bird Flu a critical Step closer to a New Pandemic.

With the H5N1 bird flu virus spreading quickly across animals in the US, experts are on high alert for signs of human-to-human transmission. Such a jump could become far easier with just a single mutation, according to new research.

https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2024/20241205-wilson-paulson-h5n1.html

#birdflu #h5n1 #pandemic #nature #healthcare #media #science #tech #health #engineering #news

For some reason, Marin officials are just now revealing that the child in California with suspected bird flu became ill after drinking raw milk. Not sure why they wouldn’t have known/reported that source of exposure days ago… https://www.marinhhs.org/h5n1-bird-flu

#press #birdflu

NEW: Marin County Public Health has released scant info about a 2nd child in CA who may have possible #BirdFlu .There’s no mention of the child’s condition, whether he or she has been hospitalized or whether any treatment’s been initiated. Source of exposure appears unclear. The @CDCgov also has nothing to report. Crickets. 🦗 The investigation has been under way for a week.

https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/public-health-status-update-12062024 #birdlfu #press

FINALLY! The U.S. issued a federal order on Friday mandating that the national milk supply be tested for bird flu.Testing will involve monthly or weekly sample collection from bulk milk tanks & dairy processors in 6 states, initially. "The pace of testing will depend on whether the virus is detected in initial sampling," said Sifford, USDA's chief veterinarian.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-issues-order-mandating-bird-flu-testing-milk-supply-2024-12-06/ #birdflu #press

Of the 58 people in the U.S. who have been infected by the H5N1 bird flu virus this year, all but two of them had contact with cows or chickens, two species in which the virus is circulating. Scientists are finding that reassuring, but a concerning new study says the strain is only one mutation away from being able to bind more easily to human cells. @time has more.

https://flip.it/whBvmB

#H1N1 #BirdFlu #Health #Pandemic #Cows #Virus

“A single mutation can increase the H5N1 virus's binding to human receptors, highlighting the need for rigorous surveillance.”—Eric Topol

“A switch from avian-to human-type receptor specificity is considered a major risk factor for transmission in humans.”—authors. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt0180 #press #birdflu

"Well, I didn't have THAT on my bingo card!"

Fuck the bingo card. This is not a game. Hell is breaking loose everywhere. Shit is about to get real real.

We gotta stick together and prepare for the worst. I can't see the future, but I can see the clues.

Rip up your bingo card and save the scraps for when you might need to light an emergency fire.

#USPol #USPolitics #SouthKorea #MartialLaw #Oligarchy #Kleptocracy #Tyranny #Pandemic #BirdFlu #H5N1 #COVID

Scientists who have studied #H5N1 #birdflu for years are flummoxed by the lack of severe cases among the 55 human cases the US has confirmed this year. I talked to lots to explore the theories of what's going on. https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/02/bird-flu-h5n1-mild-cases-mystery/

🇦🇺Australia on alert: World Health Organisation urges efforts to prevent bird flu strain with pandemic potential. By John Flint

#Australia #BirdFlu #H5N1 @Flinty_01

Source: https://archive.md/hM5B7

Maybe throwing out over a century's worth of food and health safety practices is a bad idea?

Raw Milk Sold in California Tests Positive for Bird Flu
https://www.businessinsider.com/raw-farm-milk-california-tests-positive-bird-flu-2024-11
#rawmilk #foodsafety #milk #alternativemedicine #fda #pasteurization #birdflu

#hpai #h5n1 #vogelgrippe #birdflu #geflügelpest #avianflu #avianinfluence #science #press #news #usa

"Das könnte eine gute Nachricht sein: Es impliziert, dass die mutierte Form des Virus nicht die Form war, die den Teenager ursprünglich infiziert hatte, und dass es daher möglicherweise nicht weit verbreitet ist."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03805-4

#hpai #h5n1 #vogelgrippe #birdflu #geflügelpest #avianflu #avianinfluence #science #press #news #usa

"Darüber hinaus hatte der Teenager zunächst eine Augeninfektion, die sich später zu einer schweren Lungeninfektion entwickelte. Dies könnte darauf hindeuten, dass das #Virus nach einer #Infektion des Jugendlichen besser in Atemwegszellen gelangen konnte. “Es stimmt mit der Idee überein, dass sich das Virus innerhalb dieser Person entwickelt haben könnte, sagt Hensley."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03805-4

#Birdflu takes no holiday breaks: #USDA posted 13 new #H5N1 infected herds from California today, bringing the state's total to 474 & the cumulative national total to 688 herds in 15 states.
ICYMI, last night California announced a 2nd raw milk recall, because product tested positive for H5.

A detailed investigation of the people and domestic animals that the B.C. teen with avian flu had contact with has not revealed a clear source of exposure. 34 health care workers, 16 close contacts & 25 animals, including birds, rodents, dogs, cats, and reptiles, all tested negative for the virus. The public health investigation is closed for now. The teen remains in critical condition, but has shown some signs of improvement, recently.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/26/bird-flu-canada-teen-cause-of-h5n1-avian-flu-infection-remains-unknown/ #birdflu -#press

100,000 turkeys were killed in Utah over the last two weeks bc of #birdflu . 🦃

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/over-100000-turkeys-killed-in-utah-over-last-2-weeks-due-to-bird-flu/ #press

The Pres of the CA Poultry Federation is concerned about the speed highly pathogenic avian influenza is spreading in his state.

“If it doesn’t slow its pace in the next month, we’re in serious trouble. The way we’ve seen it in Calif the last 2, 3 weeks—it’s very scary” https://tinyurl.com/yc5rwwzz #birdflu #press

NEW: The CA Dept of Pub Health has detected avian flu in one batch of whole raw milk produced by Raw Farm. No illnesses assoc with the raw milk have been reported, so far.

Unlike raw milk, pasteurized milk remains safe to consume bc the heating process kills pathogens such as #birdflu #press

The animal health commissioner for the Kansas Dept of Agr says a vaccine could be available soon to guard against H5N1 virus in dairy cattle.

“It’s not available yet, it’s efficacy hasn’t been proven, but we’re on the way.” -#birdflu AKA cowflu!:)

#press https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/kansas-animal-health-commissioner-says-h5n1-vaccine-getting-closer/

More than 50 people in seven U.S. states have had confirmed cases of a human bird flu variant, concerning health experts that another pandemic could be possible. This week, a child in California with no known contact with infected animals came down with the virus. CBSNews@flipboard.com medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounde explains why this is a worrying development and answers other questions about bird flu.

https://flip.it/6gvHiW

#Health #Virus #BirdFlu #Sick #Pandemic #Doctors

#CDC confirms that a California child with no known exposures to infected animals or poultry somehow contracted #H5N1 #birdflu.

NEW: Calif. health dept reports poss #birdflu case in a child with mild respiratory symptoms, today. They’re investigating a poss exposure to wild birds & CDC confirmation testing is pending.

The child was in daycare with mild symptoms before the illness was reported. However, “the test showed a low level detection of the virus, indicating the child was not likely infectious to others.”

https://shorturl.at/uAWjb #press

Time is of the essence: #effectiveness of dairy #farm #control of #H5N1 is limited by fast spread

Source: BioRxIV, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.15.623774v1?rss=1

Abstract
The emergence and growth of highly pathogenic avian influenza(HPAI) A(H5N1) in dairy cows poses a growing threat for both the food supply and onward zoonosis to humans. Despite ongoing surveillance and control measures recommended by animal and public health authorities to limit viral spread, new herds continue to report infections. We show here that the continued spread between farms could be explained by the rapid pace of pathogen spread reported within farms, which greatly limits the potential effectiveness of these recommendations. Under reasonable surveillance strategies, we show that the time farms have to mobilize interventions is extremely limited, as few as a couple days and typically less than a week. Our findings suggest that passive surveillance measures, such as detection of H5N1 via weekly bulk milk testing, comes too late such that most infections have already occurred. For current interventions to be valuable, more sensitive and extensive surveillance is needed and an emphasis should be placed on biosecurity practices rather than reactive practices.

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#abstract #avianInfluenza #AVIANINFLUENZA #birdFlu #dairyCows #h5n1 #health #news #research #USA

#USDA has confirmed 3 more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in California, bringing the state's total to 294, nearly 27% of herds in the state. All those herds were recorded in the past 2.5 months.

The cumulative national total is 508 herds across 15 states. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock

Oregon confirmed its 1st human case of bird flu, bringing the national total no of reported cases to 52.

The affected individual experienced a mild illness and has recovered, per officials. The individual is linked to a commercial poultry operation in Clackamas County, where the virus has been confirmed in 150K birds.

https://tinyurl.com/45dzmkv8 #press #birdflu

#h5n1 #birdflu #avianflu #vogelgrippe #pandemie #hpai #press #news #children #teens #health

«Wer tote Wasser-, Raben- oder Greifvögel findet, sollte den Fund der zuständigen Veterinär- und Lebensmittelaufsicht des Bezirks melden, damit eine Untersuchung veranlasst werden kann.» Kranke oder verendete Tiere sollten auf keinen Fall angefasst & Federn nicht gesammelt werden.
Geflügelhalter würden gebeten, ihre Tiere jetzt vor dem Kontakt mit Wildvögeln zu schützen.

https://www.zeit.de/news/2024-11/13/vogelgrippe-bei-graugans-in-berlin-nachgewiesen

#h5n1 #birdflu #avianflu #vogelgrippe #geflügelpest #pandemie #hpai #press #news #canada #children #teens #health

"Die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) betont die Notwendigkeit internationaler Zusammenarbeit, um das Risiko einer möglichen Pandemie zu minimieren. Durch Impfungen und strikte Überwachungsmaßnahmen kann die Ausbreitung der Vogelgrippe eingedämmt werden."

https://www.sauerlandkurier.de/leben/gesundheit/h5n1-wie-ernst-ist-die-bedrohung-der-vogelgrippe-fuer-den-menschen-zr-93405365.html

#h5n1 #birdflu #avianflu #vogelgrippe #geflügelpest #pandemie #hpai #press #news #canada #children #teens #health

"Warum der kanadische Jugendliche so schwer erkrankte, ist offen. Bonnie Henry hält es Medienberichten zufolge für möglich, dass das junge Alter des Patienten eine Rolle spielte. Womöglich hätten Erwachsene, die früheren saisonalen H1N1-Grippeviren ausgesetzt waren, einen teilweisen Schutz gegen den aktuellen H5-Stamm."

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/gesundheit/h5n1-teenager-kanada-li.3147302

Update on the Canadian teen who contracted #H5N1 #birdflu:
I spoke today with Bonnie Henry, British Columbia's health officer. She expressed cautious optimism that the lack of additional cases suggests this may have been a one-off event. https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/13/bird-flu-canada-teenager-infected-different-strain-than-dairy-cattle/

“Very concerning severe case of bird flu in a Canadian teen.

We need leadership now to prepare for a potential #H5N1 pandemic.”— Rick Bright

https://fortune.com/well/2024/11/13/bird-flu-canadian-teen-wider-spread/ #birdflu #press

It’s not clear how he/she contracted it. Canada has had no cases reported in dairy cattle, but wild birds have tested positive.

Three dozen contacts of the patient have all tested negative.

We need to pray for this teen and we need to get a better handle on this uncontrolled outbreak of H5N1 virus on U.S farms.
tinyurl.com/4xstmtcs #press #birdflu

#birdflu #avianflu #hpai #vogelgrippe #geflügelpest #press #usa #news #cdc

Infektionsrate: 7%

"Forscher fürchten, dass sich das #Virus besser an Säugetiere anpassen kann, wenn es verbreitet in ihnen zirkuliert. Eine #Studie zeigte im August eine Übertragung von Säugetier zu Säugetier, auch zwischen Tierarten, etwa von Kühen auf Katzen. Mutationen des Virus, die zu einer verbesserten Übertragbarkeit von #H5N1 auf den Menschen führen würden, wurden bisher nicht entdeckt"

https://archive.ph/9gdWS#selection-3221.0-3225.136

"degradation of PPE is not uncommon when workers are in close proximity to contaminated milk or animal manure"

I did think ethanol degrades electret respirators (N95s) but is soured milk really offgassing so much?

And proximity to manure - does methane or something degrade electret material?

"with almost any infectious disease, but especially one that is respiratory in nature, asymptomatic cases of infection are “absolutely anticipated.”"

orly

"“We will have a bird flu pandemic,” Robert Redfield, former director of the CDC, bluntly predicted in a television interview in June. “It’s not a question of if; it’s more a question of when … Once the virus gains the ability to attach to the human receptor and then go human to human, that’s when you’re going to have the pandemic.”"

strong words from a person who doesn't need to mince to keep a job

"“I don’t think it’s a foregone conclusion that H5N1 is going to be the cause of the next pandemic,"

says someone with a John Hopkins job to lose.

"“It can be probably hard to use a lot of this PPE,”"

Ag workers aren't toddlers. They can don and doff. They can't fit test without access to fit testing equipment but that's not on them, that's on the agricultural industry to provide.

All from https://fortune.com/well/2024/11/08/bird-flu-human-spreadsafeguard-people-livestock/

#BirdFlu #H5N1 #PPE #MaskUp

Tick tock⏰... Bird flu begins its human spread, as health officials scramble to safeguard people and livestock.

BREAKING: @CDCgov study finds undetected human cases of bird flu on dairy farms.👇 My new piece @ Fortune Thanks Amesh Adalja & Richard Webby.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/11/08/bird-flu-human-spreadsafeguard-people-livestock/ #birdflu #pandemic #press

Risk of #BirdFlu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/18/risk-bird-flu-spreading-humans-enormous-concern-who "Chief scientist voices fears about H5N1 variant that has ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate in humans" good job people have no problems wearing masks...