Seriously, Now Is the Time to Stop Kissing Sick Birds
A citizen-science collaboration in New York has turned up a half-dozen birds infected with the avian flu virus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Avian Influenza Research Birds Geese Animals Urban Areas Viruses Wild Bird Fund Garvey, Marcus, Park (Manhattan, NY) New York City Queens (NYC) Bronx (NYC) Source Type: news
Miz1 represses type I interferon production and limits viral clearance during influenza A virus infection | Science Signaling
A transcription factor implicated in bacterial immunity inhibits host responses during influenza virus infection. (Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment)
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - April 9, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic virologist offers perspective on avian influenza, bird flu, outbreak
Health officials around the globe, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, are monitoring the ongoing avian influenza outbreak. Also known as bird flu, the highly contagious viral disease typically spreads among birds, but can also infect livestock and, in rare cases, humans. "Avian influenza is very common among migratory birds such as waterfowl," says Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. He adds that human infection is rare,… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 8, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Will Human-to-Human Bird Flu (H5N1) Be the Long-Awaited “Disease X?”
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1(“Bird Flu”)[1], which is global, rapidly spreading, and “highly pathogenic,” is now infecting cattle, and (in the United States) at least one human. (Bird flu first emerged in China in 1996 in geese; from a useful potted history). The New York Times asks: “Is Bird…#influenzaa #geese #betteridge #vaccines #aphis #faq #dairyherds #pdf #cdc #delta (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bird flu is back
Memories of higher egg prices during the last avian-influenza outbreak are still fresh in consumers’ minds.#avian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CDC Tells Docs to Be on the Lookout for Bird Flu Cases
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC wants clinicians and health departments to consider potential infections with the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus, commonly known as bird flu, in people with exposure to potentially infected animal... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 6, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Disease Severity Similar for RSV as Unvaccinated COVID-19, Influenza
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 -- Disease severity is similar for patients hospitalized with respiratory syncytial disease (RSV) and unvaccinated adults with COVID-19 or influenza, according to a study published online April 4 in JAMA Network Open.Diya... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
European Scientists Assess Avian Flu Pandemic Risk European Scientists Assess Avian Flu Pandemic Risk
The risk for widespread infection for humans from avian influenza remains low in Europe, but health authorities have urged enhanced vigilance and biosecurity measures.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
CDC Issues Health Alert for Bird Flu Infection in US CDC Issues Health Alert for Bird Flu Infection in US
The U.S. CDC on Friday issued a health alert to inform clinicians, state health departments and the public of a case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Is Bird Flu Coming to People Next? Are We Ready?
Unlike the coronavirus, the H5N1 virus has been studied for years. Vaccines and treatments are available should they ever become necessary. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: Avian Influenza Vaccination and Immunization Source Type: news
Is It Safe to Eat Eggs and Chicken During the Bird Flu Outbreak?
The ongoing outbreak of bird flu has infected at least one person in the U.S. and has raised questions about how safe poultry and eggs are to eat right now.
So far, there have been no reported cases of spread among people, or of a person contracting this strain of avian influenza (also known as H5N1) from contaminated egg or poultry products, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC says that the current public health risk is “low.”
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Here’s what scientists know right now about bird flu and food safety.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
A Cruel Way to Control Bird Flu? Poultry Giants Cull and Cash In.
Big poultry farms have received millions of dollars for their losses. Animal welfare groups contend that aid reinforces inhumane cullings of birds exposed to the virus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Poultry Agriculture and Farming Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare Avian Influenza Factory Farming Eggs Agriculture Department Jennie-O Turkey Store (Barron, Wis) American Veterinary Medical Assn Tyson Foods Inc Source Type: news
Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle
The infections, which include one associated human case, add another worrying wrinkle to a global outbreak that has devastated bird and marine mammal populations. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: Avian Influenza Cattle Dairy Products Livestock Diseases Disease Rates Agriculture and Farming Mammals Birds Agriculture Department Texas Kansas Michigan New Mexico Source Type: news
Bird Flu Was Found in Chickens at the Largest U.S. Egg Producer
The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens, and officials said the virus had also been detected at a poultry facility in Michigan.
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Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said in a statement that approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6% of its total flock, were destroyed after the infection, avian influenza, was found at a facility in Parmer County, Texas.
The plant is on the Texas-New Mexico border in the Texas Panhandle abou...
Source: TIME: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ken Miller/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Bird Flu: 'We Are All Over It,' CDC Director Says
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Although the risk to humans is very low, the case of the Texas farmworker apparently contracting pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) from a cow illustrates the importance of data collection, CDC Director Mandy... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 3, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
