News about bird flu

Avian influenza A (#H5N1) first emerged in 1996 but since 2020, we have seen an exponential growth in the number of outbreaks in birds. In addition to birds, an increasing number of mammals have been affected, e.g. minks, seals, sea lions and foxes. Recently, multiple herds of… pic.twitter.com/9cCsqe8TFg

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

With the spread of H5N1 - and ongoing risk from other potentially pandemic pathogens - we must push against the rising narrative that pandemics are easy to solve. New post: kucharski.substack.com/p/the-comfort-of-simplicity

Terrific write up of H5N1 today by @HelenBranswell (of course) However in it one of the CDC interviewees refers to wastewater samples that turn H5N1 positive due to birds as false positives. I disagree!!! If birds are infected around cows, those are highly relevant samples.…