“C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People.”

“Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished. The data appear to have been mistakenly posted but includes crucial information about the risks of bird flu to people and pets.”
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https://bioethics.com/archives/96116

“CDC Weekly Report Back After 2-Week Halt But No H5N1 Bird Flu Info”
By Bruce Y. Lee
“With the H5N1 bird flu’s spread among different animals in the U.S. and the risk it will jump to humans, you’d expect the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report to be an important source of up-to-date information….But for the past two weeks, for first time since 1952, the MMWR was a mm-not-this-week report. That coincided with the Trump administration’s halt on communications from federal agencies that began on Jan. 21 and was supposed to end on Feb. 1. After a two-week hiatus, new MMWR articles finally did appear on Feb. 6. But noticeably missing was anything about the bird flu.
“What was striking was the lack of any information on the bird flu or the new strain of mPox that’s been going around.”
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2025/02/07/cdc-mmwr-back-after-2-week-halt-but-without-h5n1-bird-flu-studies/

“The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans”
By Megha Satyanarayana

“Right after President Donald Trump took office, amid the flurry of executive orders and agency upheavals, the administration told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not to release any reports or communications until one of Trump’s people could take a look at them. Among the many reports not released that week was a study on how many veterinarians had gotten bird flu.”
“This virus is versatile. This virus is mutating. And it is surely infecting more people than we think.”
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-us-is-not-ready-for-bird-flu-in-humans/

“The U.S. Is Having Its Mildest Covid Winter Yet”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/upshot/covid-illnesses-mild-winter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare