Explainer: H5N1 Bird Flu in Mammals Sparks Fears of Virus Spreading Among Humans
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Source: Reuters: Health - June 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Egg prices fell by nearly 14% in May after a year of price surges, while other food items also saw price declines
An “egg-cellent” piece of news for egg lovers: egg prices are finally easing. Egg prices fell 13.8% from April to May, according to inflation data released by the Department of Labor Tuesday. Egg prices were 0.4% lower in May than a year ago — the first time that egg prices posted an annual drop…#departmentoflabor #avian #marketwatch (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How much for a dozen? Why the cost of eggs is dropping after a major price hike
Good news for fans of breakfast burritos and omelets: egg prices are dropping. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show the average price for a dozen grade A, large eggs has dropped 32% between January and April, and The Wall Street Journal this week reported that supermarket executives…#bls #avian #danielsumner #usatoday #emilymetz #americaneggboard #dollartree #egg #kevinbergquist #easter (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
For These Bird Flu Researchers, Work Is a Day at the Very ‘Icky’ Beach
The H5N1 virus poses “a great unknown threat” to birds and humans alike. Understanding and thwarting it begins with excrement collection. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: your-feed-science Avian Influenza Research Birds Viruses St Jude Children ' s Research Hospital New Jersey your-feed-animals Source Type: news
Brazil poultry lobby sees little risk of nationwide export ban over bird flu
Revised trade accords with most of Brazil's trade partners, including China, make it unlikely the world's largest chicken supplier will impose a nationwide ban on exports should the virus that causes highly pathological avian influenza (HPAI) hit commercial flocks. Ricardo Santin, head of a group…#brazil #avian #ricardosantin #jbs #brf #agricultureministry #beijing #santin #brasilia #riogrande (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gene Changes Made This Season's Bird Flu More Severe
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 -- Genetic mutations caused this latest bird flu season to become more severe, increasing the risk it poses to humans and other mammals, a new study finds.
The H5N1 avian influenza virus gained the ability to severely infect the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Worse than a cold, not as bad as RSV: Meet HMPV, the virus making people sick this spring
A virus that causes symptoms similar to that of a cold, the flu, and Covid-19 has seen an upsurge in the US, leading to the hospitalisation of a record number of young children and older people. Runny nose, dry cough, sore throat and fever: the combination of these symptoms would immediately be…#cdc #johnvwilliams #rsv #hmpv #dutch #netherlands #avian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
World's biggest pandemic threats revealed by WHO chiefs... but there's one huge absentee
Nine killer viruses that pose the most 'urgent' threat to humanity have been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO). But officials have excluded one key threat - bird flu. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: East Cape's Small Farms Catch Bird Flu
[Scrolla] Small poultry farmers in the Eastern Cape are scrambling for solutions to the outbreak of bird flu, aka avian influenza. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Bird flu: Brazil declares animal health emergency after several cases found
The emergency declaration makes it easier for the government to now bring in measures to stop the highly infectious H5N1 virus from spreading. Authorities say the cases were found far away from Brazil's main areas of production in the south of the country. However, outbreaks in commercial flocks…#brazil #avian #h5n1 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
If bird flu starts to spread among people, existing vaccines may be inadequate, experts say
Wild birds and poultry flocks alike continue to drop dead from the highly pathogenic bird flu that began spreading globally in 2020. Almost 59 million commercial birds have already been culled in the United States. It’s the broadest outbreak of this type of avian flu, known as H5N1, since it was…#avian #vaccines #colorado #unitedkingdom #chile #ecuador #scotthensley #gregorypoland #sureshmittal #purdueuniversity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Animal health body urges bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic
Governments should consider vaccinating birds against bird flu to avoid the virus - which has already killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide - turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Animal Health Organisation (WOAH) said. The severity of the current…#avianinfluenza #moniqueeloit #hpai #agricultureusda #usda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bird flu-infected poultry worker travelled to SCOTLAND while positive
EXCLUSIVE: No new cases have been spotted, however, and health chiefs are confident anyone potentially at risk has already been hunted down. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The price of eggs in America cannot be explained by inflation alone
W holiday-induced baking frenzy passed and demand for snickerdoodles slowed, many thought egg prices would fall. The cost of a dozen had surged by more than that of any other supermarket item, from $1.79 to $4.25 in the year to December 2022. Could they get any pricier? Indeed they could. When…#avian #calmainefoods #stakhanovite #bigegg #calmaines #farmaction #calmaine #farmaid #tysonfoods #pepsico (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Conservationists rush to vaccinate California condors as avian flu strikes
Conservationists are rushing to vaccinate critically endangered California condors against deadly avian flu. Ashleigh Blackford of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is overseeing the effort. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ari Shapiro Source Type: news
