News about bird flu

On #H5N1, @JenniferNuzzo nails it. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/opinion/bird-flu-public-risk.html @nytopinion With the virus widely disseminated across dairy cattle and other mammals, the risk of a recombinant event to enable human-human transmission (while quite low) increases. Unfortunately, the @USDA is like the…

Transmission of avian influenza to humans is rare. Most people are not at risk of contracting avian influenza, unless they have close contact with infected birds or animals, their secretions (saliva, blood and poo). pic.twitter.com/4JhPlwUwZK

Iowa has found another #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herd, its 11th. Interesting that it updates its numbers on the weekend; @USDA does not. iowaagriculture.gov/news/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-detected-sioux-county-dairy-herd

.@USDA has updated its list of #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds. It has almost caught up with the announcements states have made, adding 7 new herds in Colorado, Minnesota & Iowa. Unless state numbers change today, USDA is only missing 1 herd, from Iowa.… pic.twitter.com/xwlHLfj33d