Contagion

USDA secretary urges farmers to take protective measures against bird flu

Mon, 2024-06-24 07:23 — mike kraft

Bird flu snapshot: USDA secretary urges farmers to take protective measures Read the second in a series of regular updates on H5N1 avian flu that STAT is publishing on Monday mornings. Megan Molteni STAT

As the H5N1 outbreak in dairy herds approaches the three-month mark, America’s top animal health official is calling on farmers to step up the use of personal protective equipment, limit traffic onto their farms, and increase cleaning and disinfection practices in their barns and milking parlors.

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US. has uptick in COVID-19 cases, low flu activity--CDC data

Mon, 2024-06-24 06:42 — mike kraft

CDC data show uptick in COVID-19 cases, low flu activity COVID test positivity, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths are are on the rise, but remain at low levels. CIDRAP

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Bird flu emerges in Gabon for first case since 2022

Fri, 2024-06-21 11:14 — mike kraft

Gabon detects first case of bird flu since 2022 Gabon has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, for the first time since 2022 at a poultry market in the capital Libreville, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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Cancer patients gain from staying current on COVID-19 boosters-- Spanish study

Fri, 2024-06-21 10:14 — mike kraft

Study suggests cancer patients should stay current on COVID-19 boosters Yesterday in Nature Communications a study shows cancer that patients who are up to date on vaccines and have received COVID-19 boosters are more protected against death and serious complications than unvaccinated patients. CIDRAP

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Sterilized reused respirators not effective enough against aerosolized particles--lab study

Thu, 2024-06-20 15:49 — mike kraft

Lab study: Sterilized reused respirators not effective enough against aerosolized particles Over 78% were dirty, rendering them unsuitable for sterilization, the authors say. CIDRAP

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Vaccines: Gavi, Macron, Afrcan leaders seek more vaccines for Africa, world's poorest children

Thu, 2024-06-20 08:28 — mike kraft

Vaccine group Gavi seeks $9 billion to immunise world's poorest children The global vaccine organisation Gavi wants $9 billion from governments and foundations to fund immunisation efforts in the world’s poorest countries over five years, it said on Thursday. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Specialized nasal nerve immune cells may explain why some people don't get infected with COVID-- small UK study

Thu, 2024-06-20 08:13 — mike kraft

Covid immune response study could explain why some escape infection Subjects who kept virus at bay showed rapid response in nasal immune cells and more activity in early-alert gene The Guardian

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Climate change is helping the H5N1 bird flu virus spread and evolve

Thu, 2024-06-20 07:20 — mike kraft

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Bird Flu is actually harder to track through wastewater data

Wed, 2024-06-19 14:47 — mike kraft

What’s Really Going on With Bird Flu Wastewater Data

Wastewater, which can measure how much virus humans excrete, has become a valuable disease-tracking tool.

But using that tool to track our current viral threat, the H5N1 bird flu that has begun circulating in cows, is much trickier. Finding even high levels of bird flu in wastewater does not necessarily mean an area is experiencing an outbreak. Rather, it sets off a hunt for the source.

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