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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[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
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European Food Safety Authority: Avian Flu[…]Surveillance Recommended

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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[...]
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Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic ‘unfolding in slow motion’

REUTERS: Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease experts. Many of them have been monitoring the new subtype of H5N1 avian flu in migratory birds since 2020. But[...]
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Bird Flu Outbreak Spreads to Mammals In 31 States

Among those infected are cows in 12 states, foxes, mice, striped skunks, mountain lions and harbor seals, and alpacas. At least 21 domestic cats in nine states have caught the virus since March 1st, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The CDC have previously documented avian influenza jumping across to other mammals. Bird flu[...]
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“Small But Detectable Quantity” Of H5N1 Virus Remains Infectious In Pasteurized Milk

New research co-authored by scientists at the National Institutes of Health demonstrates that a “small but detectable quantity” of infectious H5N1 bird flu virus was able to survive two common approaches to pasteurizing milk. In late March 2024, United States officials reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus called HPAI H5N1 among dairy[...]
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