H5N1 Avian Flu aka. HPAI

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A place to discuss the ongoing influenza pandemic circling the globe.

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'Birds falling from the sky': Nonprofit confirms at least 35 snow geese test positive for bird flu in Lehigh Valley (www.wfmz.com)
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Bird flu is so bad that Japan is running out of land to bury chickens (www.straitstimes.com)
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More than 70 percent of California’s dairy cow herds are infected with bird flu (www.independent.co.uk)
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Bird flu detected in nearly 1M chickens in Darke County (www.wdtn.com)
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France reports bird flu on two farms, losing disease-free status (www.reuters.com)
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Delaware reports probable human case of H5 bird flu - BNO News (bnonews.com)
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Bird Flu Has Hit California Dairies So Hard That They’re Calling It ‘Covid for Cows’ (www.nytimes.com)
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency over bird flu, calling it a "proactive action" (www.cbsnews.com)
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First human case of bird flu found in Wisconsin (www.channel3000.com)
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US suffers first severe human case of bird flu; California declares emergency (www.reuters.com)
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A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History (www.nytimes.com)
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Worsening bird flu outbreak in Tulare County, across California raising labor, trade concerns (www.yahoo.com)
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Bird Flu Is One Step Closer to Mixing with Seasonal Flu Virus and Becoming a Pandemic (www.scientificamerican.com)
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Bird flu found in a pig in U.S. for the first time, raising concerns about potential risks to humans (www.statnews.com)
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New avian strain of bird flu found in Washington affects humans much easily, causing the largest outbreak in humans. The PB2 sequencing will reveal the mutations that allow human adaption. (lemmy.world)
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BREAKING: Washington state reports 4 cases of H5N1 bird flu in farm workers (x.com)
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Cows dead from bird flu rot in California as heat bakes dairy farms (www.reuters.com)
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Infected herds in California are seeing mortality rates as high as 15% or 20%, compared to 2% in other states, said Keith Poulsen, a veterinarian and director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory who has researched bird flu.

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California reports five possible human bird flu cases (www.reuters.com)
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Bringing the total up to 11.

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State Continues Proactive Testing for Human Cases of Bird Flu; Reports 6 Confirmed, 5 Possible Cases (www.cdph.ca.gov)
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Total now 11 cases for those counting.

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Fourth Human Bird Flu Case Confirmed in California (www.cdph.ca.gov)
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Risk is still low as this is animal to human spread. Possible two other infections pending confirmation.

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California reports two more likely avian flu infections in dairy workers (www.cidrap.umn.edu)
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Total in California is now possibly five

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Missouri investigates more possible human-to-human H5N1 avian flu spread (www.cidrap.umn.edu)
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Seven people exposed to the Missouri bird flu patient have reported symptoms (lemmy.world)
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None of them have tested positive for H5N1 thus far, but something to keep an eye on.

Sources:

September 6th: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s0906-birdflu-case-missouri.html

September 13th: https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/h5n1-response-09132024.html

September 20th: https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/h5n1-response-09202024.html

September 27th: https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/h5n1-response-09272024.html

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3 Colorado poultry workers identified as potential bird flu cases after outbreak at commercial egg facility (55 symptomatic workers) (www.denver7.com)
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BREAKING: Colorado reports 3 human cases of H5N1 bird flu in poultry workers (x.com)
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