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NYT: Bird Flu Is Spreading. Why Aren’t More People Getting Tested?
Even as the H5N1 virus evolves, gaps remain in the nation’s contingency plans for human testing, scientists say. New York Times – July 17, 2024 – The first step in combating any infectious disease outbreak is detection. Without widespread testing, health officials have little sense of who is infected, when to treat patients and how […]
STAT News: As the number of infected dairy herds mount, so too does pessimism about driving H5N1 out of cows
Colorado announced over the weekend that five workers involved in the culling of chickens at an H5N1-infected poultry operation had tested positive for the virus. Four of the cases have been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the fifth is currently deemed “presumptive” positive because the individual’s test sample hasn’t yet reached […]
CDC Confirms New Human Cases of H5 Bird Flu Among Colorado Poultry Workers
CDC Newsroom – July 14, 2024 – Four human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) (“H5 bird flu”) virus infection in the state of Colorado have been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This includes all three presumptive-positive cases reported by that state on Friday, July 12 and a fourth […]
Colorado Reports Three Presumptive Positive H5 Cases in Poultry Workers
CDC Newsroom: July 12, 2024 – The state of Colorado has announced that three people have tested presumptive positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) (“H5 bird flu”) virus infection. Specimens have been sent to CDC for confirmatory testing. All of the people who tested presumptive positive experienced mild symptoms and were workers who […]
European Food Safety Authority: Avian Flu[…]Surveillance Recommended
In a report published this month by the European Food Safety Authority, the EFSA tabulated reports of HPAI H5N1 and H5N5 from March – June 2024. They identify 42 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) virus detections were reported in domestic (15) and wild (27) birds across 13 countries in Europe. Outside Europe, the HPAI […]
Colorado reports fourth US case of Avian Flu in Humans
July 3, 2024 — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Colorado Department of Agriculture, has identified a human case of avian influenza H5 infection associated with a multi-state outbreak of the virus in dairy cattle. The adult male, an employee at a […]