By KFF Health News“The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.One of the studies would reveal whether veterinarians who treat cattle have been unknowingly infected by the bird flu virus. Another report documents cases in which people carrying the virus
By Alexander Tin “”The combination H5N9 is not new and other versions, like H5N5 also exist. Just because this was now detected, doesn’t mean trouble necessarily,” said virologist Florian Krammer, professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in an email.Krammer pointed to recent detections of the H5N5 strain spreading from Europe, and
By Regina G. Barber, Will Stone, Rachel Carlson, and Rebecca Ramirez “”This is like some brush burning around your house,” …”You better pay attention because it could turn into something else.””to read the full article go tohttps://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/1263339284/bird-flu-update-influenza “Will bird flu spark a human pandemic?”By Max Kozlov.“Here, Nature talks to infectious-disease specialists about what they’re learning
By Apoorva Mandavilli “A human pandemic is not inevitable, even now, more than a dozen experts said in interviews. But a series of developments over the past few weeks indicates that the possibility is no longer remote.Toothless guidelines, inadequate testing and long delays in releasing data — echoes of the missteps during the Covid-19 pandemic
By Mackenzie Lofgren. “Dr. Michael Osterholm is a medical detective and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, or CIDRAP, at the University of Minnesota. Osterholm has nearly 50 years of investigating infectious disease outbreaks and public health threats.”…“Today, I am certain that we are seeing clouds of dust with bird feces
By Beatrice M. Spadacini“The Outbreak Atlas, co-authored by Katz and Wellcome Trust scholar Mackenzie S. Moore, uses global case studies to explain outbreak preparedness, response, and recovery. It aims to educate people with the tools to make informed decisions during disease outbreaks, regardless of federal actions.”to read the full article go tohttps://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/01/22/bird-flu-and-the-battle-against-emerging-diseases/77873522007/ “The US Has
By Texas Biomedical Research Institute “Researchers at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) have identified a strain of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas that carries a distinctive set of mutations, making it more adept at replicating in human cells and causing severe disease in mice. This strain was compared to one