All articles tagged with #h5n1
The article reveals how the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) among US dairy cattle and poultry, facilitated by industrial farming practices and lack of government oversight, poses significant health risks to animals and humans, highlighting the broader dangers of the consolidated, profit-driven food industry and advocating for systemic reforms.
Experts warn that bird flu, particularly the expanding reach of H5N1 and related strains, poses a significant but underrecognized threat due to weakened surveillance systems and underfunded health agencies, risking a future pandemic if early warning signals are ignored.
Scientists warn that the highly pathogenic bird flu strain H5N1 has spread globally, infecting wild birds, poultry, mammals, and even dairy cattle in the US, raising concerns about potential human transmission and a future pandemic, with experts calling for increased surveillance, vaccination, and global cooperation.
The article warns that despite the ongoing threat of bird flu and its expanding reach into mammals, global disease surveillance systems are underfunded and weakened, risking delayed responses and potential future pandemics, echoing past failures in handling COVID-19.
Indian researchers have used computer simulations to model how H5N1 bird flu could spread to humans and what early interventions might contain an outbreak, emphasizing the narrow window for effective action to prevent a potential pandemic.
The bird flu has caused the death of nearly 9 million birds worldwide and affected multiple animal species, but the risk to humans remains low. The outbreak, driven mainly by the H5N1 subtype, has led to extensive culling and concerns about biodiversity and animal health, with experts emphasizing the importance of biosecurity and international cooperation to control the spread and prevent potential mutations that could threaten human health.
The article discusses the ecology and spread of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in North America, highlighting multiple introductions from Europe and Asia, the critical role of migratory wild birds in dispersal across flyways, and the ongoing transmission dynamics involving wild and domestic birds, with implications for surveillance and outbreak control.
Bird flu cases are increasing across the US, with 67 flocks affected and over 3.7 million birds dead, but monitoring efforts are hampered by federal staffing cuts and policy changes, raising concerns about undetected spillover to humans despite the current low risk to the general public.
Bird flu outbreaks have surged in the US, with over 3.5 million poultry killed in the past month, amid a scaled-back federal response that hampers surveillance and research, raising concerns about potential human infections and broader public health risks.
A CDC review reveals that human H5N1 avian flu can be asymptomatic and may spread between people, highlighting gaps in current surveillance and the need for more robust data collection to inform public health responses.
Germany has culled over 500,000 birds due to a widespread outbreak of the highly infectious H5N1 bird flu strain, with cases mainly in northern and eastern regions, and concerns about potential impacts on poultry prices and factory farming vulnerabilities.
Hawaii officials are monitoring a presumptive case of avian influenza (H5N1) in a sick duck at the University of Hawaii, with confirmation pending. The risk to humans remains low, but authorities urge caution and vigilance as wild bird migration season begins, following previous outbreaks in the region.
A backyard flock in Henry County, Georgia, tested positive for the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu, leading to the culling of all remaining birds to prevent further spread, amid ongoing concerns about the virus's impact on wild and domestic birds and potential risks to mammals and humans.
H5N1 avian flu has been detected in a Texas dairy herd for the first time since May, raising the total to 1,079 infected herds across 17 states, while a California child's illness remains unexplained, with no evidence of human-to-human transmission or poultry exposure, suggesting environmental sources and ongoing cross-species transmission.
A California cat was euthanized after contracting bird flu (H5N1) from eating raw cat food contaminated with the virus, leading the FDA to investigate and remove the affected lots from circulation, while reassuring that no human cases have been reported.