Four dead seals test positive for bird flu in Scotland
Experts warn of ‘step-change’ in avian flu spread as number of cases in mammals continues to grow globallyFour dead seals have tested positive for bird flu in Scotland, as the number of cases of highly pathogenic avian flu in mammals continues to grow globally with experts warning of “a step-change” in its spread.The largest ever bird flu outbreak had already spilled over into otters and foxes in the UK, with about 70 mammals having tested positive for the (HPAI) H5N1 virus. The seal carcasses were sent for screening last year and the results have come back positive, according to the Scottish Marine Animal Strandin...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Phoebe Weston Tags: Bird flu World news Society Health Scotland Infectious diseases Medical research UK news Science Source Type: news
Bird Flu Isn ’t a Danger to Humans … Yet
Bird flu appears to be on the move. A particularly nasty strain of the H5N1 virus is currently causing the worst outbreak of the disease among birds since it was first identified in China in 1996. Europe is deep into its second commercial season of widespread contagion, and the U.S. is seeing its deadliest 12-month period for poultry in recorded history, with 58 million animals affected so far. Records are also being broken in Japan, where a plan to cull 10 million poultry was announced in mid-January amid the appearance of a different but similar subtype, H5N2.
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Source: TIME: Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized Disease Explainer healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Biosecurity a focus of Canadian poultry show amid heightened concern over H5N1
The Ontario government and the poultry industry are stressing biosecurity at their first meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic began almost three years ago, with the hope that farmers' actions today might stop an even deadlier pandemic before it starts. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/London Source Type: news
Avian H5N1 (Bird) Flu: Why Experts Are Worried —And What You Should Know
The bird flu outbreak is the deadliest one in almost 10 years —which has helped cause egg prices to steeply rise—and while infection in humans is rare, some experts are gravely concerned it could eventually make the leap and spread among humans. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Business /business Healthcare /healthcare Source Type: news
The spillover of bird flu to mammals must be'monitored closely,' WHO officials warn:'We need to be ready to face outbreaks in humans '
Cases of HN51 bird flu in mammals like those reported recently must be “monitored closely,” the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as its experts called on public health officials to prepare for human outbreaks of the disease. H5N1 avian flu has existed for a quarter century,…#sylviebriand (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Avian H5N1 (Bird) Flu: Why Experts Are Worried —And What You Should Know
The U.S. government has a stash of bird flu vaccines, but if a pandemic is announced, it could take more than six months for enough vaccines to be made for the entire population. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Arianna Johnson, Forbes Staff Tags: Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news Trending Explainer Trending-Explainer Source Type: news
Here's Why Experts Are Concerned About Bird Flu
(MedPage Today) -- What appears to be mammal-to-mammal transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) on a mink farm in Spain has caught the attention of infectious disease epidemiologists around the world.
A paper published... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 7, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Will there by an H5N1 pandemic for humans?
Manifold Markets is currently putting the chance at 12%. That seems high to me, but maybe two percent? Which I still regard as leading to a high expected cost, to be clear. There is now mammal-to-mammal transmission. Zeynep Tufekci considers possible preparatory steps (NYT), including more…#manifoldmarkets #zeyneptufekci #goofball #equestrian #nhs (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New bird flu pandemic fears as top virologists sound alarm over 'worrisome' spread
Top virologists from across the world have sounded the alarm after tests confirmed the H5N1 bird flu strain was spreading between mammals at a farm in Spain. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Roche announces the European Commission approval of Xofluza for the treatment and prevention of influenza in children aged one year and above
Xofluza is now approved in the EU for the treatment of uncomplicated influenza and for post-exposure prophylaxis of influenza in children aged one year and above, and in adolescents and adultsXofluza is the first influenza antiviral with a new mechanism of action in almost 20 years, stopping viral replication faster thanoseltamivirSingle-doseXofluza helps reduce the societal burden of influenza by helping patients recover quickly and by preventing infection in individuals following contact with someone with the virusBasel, 12 January 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the European Commission (EC...
Source: Roche Investor Update - January 12, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche announces the European Commission approval of Xofluza for the treatment and prevention of influenza in children aged one year and above
Xofluza is now approved in the EU for the treatment of uncomplicated influenza and for post-exposure prophylaxis of influenza in children aged one year and above, and in adolescents and adultsXofluza is the first influenza antiviral with a new mechanism of action in almost 20 years, stopping viral replication faster thanoseltamivirSingle-doseXofluza helps reduce the societal burden of influenza by helping patients recover quickly and by preventing infection in individuals following contact with someone with the virusBasel, 12 January 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the European Commission (EC...
Source: Roche Media News - January 12, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Armed with air samplers, rope tricks, and —yes—ants, virus hunters spot threats in new ways
On a Friday morning in September last year, Erik Karlsson visited the sprawling Orussey market here, where vendors hawked pots and pans, phone cords and radios, hats and dresses—and myriad types of Southeast Asian food. Dozens of orange-colored, whole roasted pigs hung on hooks, crabs the size of two fists filled buckets, and stacked fruit and dried fish formed mountains on tables.
Karlsson had come for the live poultry, but not because he was planning a dinner. As an epidemiologist at Cambodia’s Pasteur Institute, he was hunting for potentially dangerous pathogens, both known and unknown. He had nothing with him...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 5, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
News at a glance: Snags in emissions monitoring, negotiations on biodiversity, and a drug for sleeping sickness
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Volcano and NASA deliver blows to climate monitoring
Efforts to monitor global greenhouse gas emissions suffered two setbacks last week—one by chance, one by choice. In Hawaii, the first eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano since 1984 has cut off road access and power to a famed summit lab that has monitored atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO
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) levels since 1958. Although lava flows have so far spared the lab, which is run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), measurements are unlikely to resume for several months. That means tracking data will have to...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 8, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
‘A possible extinction event’: the UK’s worst bird flu outbreak – podcast
The UK is in the middle of its worst outbreak of bird flu. The current strain of H5N1 avian influenza has devastated wild bird populations, killing thousands and affecting threatened species such as puffins and hen harriers. Bird flu has also been wreaking havoc on poultry, and since 7 November, all captive birds in England have been kept indoors to prevent them catching the virus.How are both wild and captive bird populations coping with the current strain of avian flu? And is the UK prepared to deal with another major animal disease outbreak? Ian Sample speaks with Phoebe Weston, a biodiversity writer for the Guardian, a...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 1, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Ian Sample with Phoebe Weston, produced by Ned Carter Miles , with sound design byTony Onuchukwu and executive produced by Georgia Moodie Tags: Bird flu Animals Source Type: news
Bird flu is a huge problem now – but we’re just one mutation away from it getting much worse | Devi Sridhar
If the H5N1 virus jumps into the human population and more dangerous strains emerge, it could set off a new pandemicLockdowns are a horrible experience, but fortunately one that is in the past now. Unless, that is, you ’re a domestic bird in Britain.Since 7 November, a UK directive has instructed all farmers to keep their birds indoors as part of a stringent measure to stop the spread of avian flu, or the H5N1 virus. This measure is intended to avoid infection of domestic birds from wild birds, and will result intens of millions of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys being brought inside for the foreseeable future. We ’...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 9, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Devi Sridhar Tags: Bird flu Health Society World news Birds Animals Environment Wildlife Infectious diseases Science Source Type: news
