News about Bird flu

If you're looking for an update on the status of H5N1 bird flu, from a joint @USDA, @CDCgov, and @US_FDA joint session, it's in the new Ground Truths (link in profile) pic.twitter.com/W5oLyoOk80

This I find curious: The milk data and the genetic sequence data suggest the #H5N1 #birdflu outbreaks in cows are far more widespread than has been recognized. And yet the last time @USDA confirmed a new outbreak was 4/19. How much testing is going on?www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/livestock

The discovery of #H5N1 #birdflu in a significant portion of commercially purchased milk suggests the outbreak in cows is much larger than we know, scientists who've been doing this work tell @MeganMolteni. www.statnews.com/2024/04/25/h5n1-bird-flu-cows-outbreak-likely-widespread/

Testing conducted by the FDA on pasteurized commercially purchased milk has found genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus. ➡️But the testing, done by PCR cannot distinguish between live virus or fragments of viruses that could have been killed by the pasteurization process.… pic.twitter.com/TlMim5vRKp