Hacker News with Generative AI: Avian Flu

Possible evidence of windborne H5N1 viral infections in chickens (phys.org)
A team of government veterinarians with the State Veterinary Institute Prague in the Czech Republic has found possible evidence of windborne H5N1 infections in chickens.

Science, Avian Flu, Veterinary Medicine

5 points by bikenaga 23 hours ago | 0 comments

Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer? (civileats.com)
Eggs are suddenly a conversation starter as the latest wave of highly pathogenic avian flu clobbers U.S. poultry farmers in the worst outbreak of the virus since 2022.

Food, Agriculture, Economics, Avian Flu

304 points by greenie_beans 2 days ago | 832 comments

Worst avian flu crisis ever recorded spreads across Antarctica (elpais.com)
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, which has caused the death of hundreds of millions of birds in the last five years around the world, is spreading across Antarctica, a pristine paradise for wildlife.

Avian Flu, Antarctica, Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Global Health

9 points by belter 4 days ago | 0 comments

CDC Study Finds Silent Bird Flu Infections in Dairy Veterinarians (nytimes.com)
Three dairy veterinarians, including one who worked only in states with no known bird flu outbreaks in cows, had recent, undetected bird flu infections, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Public Health, Avian Flu, Veterinary Medicine

125 points by bookofjoe 8 days ago | 60 comments

Is it time to worry about bird flu? [video] (youtube.com)

Public Health, Avian Flu, Video

5 points by mgh2 8 days ago | 0 comments

Some people didn't know they had a bird flu infection, study suggests (apnews.com)
A new study shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians.

Health, Science, Avian Flu, Public Health

6 points by geox 8 days ago | 0 comments

Aphis Confirms D1.1 Genotype in Dairy Cattle in Nevada (2nd form of avian flu) (usda.gov)
On January 31, 2025, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) confirmed by whole genome sequence the first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1 in dairy cattle.

Avian Flu, Agriculture, Livestock, Veterinary Science, Nevada

10 points by cf100clunk 14 days ago | 0 comments

Live poultry markets ordered shut in New York City due to avian flu outbreak (apnews.com)
All live poultry markets in New York City and some of its suburbs were ordered Friday to close for a week after the detection of seven cases of avian flu, which has also hit farms nationwide, led to the slaughter of millions of birds and driven up egg prices.

Avian Flu, Public Health, Food Safety

5 points by geox 14 days ago | 0 comments

Will bird flu spark a human pandemic? Scientists say the risk is rising (nature.com)
Ten months on from the shocking discovery that a virus usually carried by wild birds can readily infect cows, at least 68 people in North America have become ill from the pathogen and one person has died.

Public Health, Avian Flu, Pandemic

7 points by rbanffy 24 days ago | 0 comments

Oregon house cat dies from eating product that tested positive for bird flu (cnn.com)

Oregon, Avian Flu, Animal Health, Pets

19 points by bikenaga 58 days ago | 2 comments

Bird flu has been detected in a pig in the US. Why does that matter? (theconversation.com)
The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird flu.

Health, Agriculture, Swine Flu, Avian Flu

8 points by nithinj 77 days ago | 4 comments

US to start nationwide testing for H5N1 flu virus in milk supply (arstechnica.com)
On Friday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would begin a nationwide testing program for the presence of the H5N1 flu virus, also known as the bird flu.

Public Health, Avian Flu, Food Safety, Government

12 points by ctoth 77 days ago | 1 comments

A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History (nytimes.com)
Almost five years after Covid blew into our lives, the main thing standing between us and the next global pandemic is luck. And with the advent of flu season, that luck may well be running out.

Pandemics, Public Health, Science, Avian Flu

12 points by bookofjoe 81 days ago | 4 comments

The risk of a bird flu pandemic is rising (technologyreview.com)
How worried should we be about bird flu? It’s a question that I’ve been asked by friends and colleagues several times over the last couple of weeks.

Public Health, Pandemics, Avian Flu

9 points by ctoth 82 days ago | 0 comments

A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History (nytimes.com)
Almost five years after Covid blew into our lives, the main thing standing between us and the next global pandemic is luck. And with the advent of flu season, that luck may well be running out.

Pandemics, Public Health, Science, Avian Flu, Forecasting

12 points by Anon84 82 days ago | 2 comments

I Ran Operation Warp Speed. I'm Concerned About Bird Flu (nytimes.com)
As Donald Trump gets ready to return to the White House on Jan. 20, he must be prepared to tackle one issue immediately: the possibility that the spreading avian flu might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission.

Politics, Public Health, Pandemic, Avian Flu

31 points by mikhael 87 days ago | 9 comments

Bird flu virus detected in California raw milk (latimes.com)
State health officials said Sunday that bird flu virus was detected in a retail sample of raw milk from the Fresno-based Raw Farm dairy.

Food Safety, Public Health, California, Avian Flu

6 points by Anon84 89 days ago | 5 comments

The world is watching the U.S. deal with bird flu, and it's scary (nytimes.com)
As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads among animals in the United States.

Public Health, Avian Flu, Science

28 points by ctoth 94 days ago | 10 comments

H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation (cdc.gov)
H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers.

Public Health, Avian Flu, Animal Health

5 points by lnyan 96 days ago | 0 comments

Bird flu begins its human spread (fortune.com)
Almost from the beginning of the spread of H5N1 bird flu among farms and ranches in the U.S. earlier this year, experts and researchers warned that a critical lag in the blood testing of exposed workers might lead to an underestimation of the virus’s potential transmission to humans.

Health, Science, Avian Flu, Public Health

13 points by speckx 102 days ago | 1 comments

H5N1 Outbreak in Central Valley, California: dead cows piled by roadsides (latimes.com)
There’s a sickness hovering over Tulare County‘s dairy industry.

Agriculture, Health, Outbreaks, California, Avian Flu

39 points by spats1990 120 days ago | 12 comments

Possible cluster of human bird-flu infections expands in Missouri (nytimes.com)
A possible cluster of bird-flu infections in Missouri has grown to include eight people, in what may be the first examples of person-to-person transmission in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.

Health, Disease, Missouri, Avian Flu, Public Health

104 points by ctoth 146 days ago | 35 comments

Avian flu detected in wastewater from 10 Texas cities (cidrap.umn.edu)
A report yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine details detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu virus in wastewater from 10 Texas cities during the same time period the virus was detected in Texas cattle herds.

Avian Flu, Texas, Wastewater, Public Health, Science

93 points by geox 155 days ago | 41 comments

Bird flu is quietly getting scarier (theatlantic.com)
Up until last Friday afternoon, a total of 13 people in the United States had officially come down this year with avian influenza H5, also known as bird flu. A subtype of that virus, a potential pandemic pathogen called H5N1, has for months been circulating in our dairy herds, and has already killed tens of millions of birds here.

Public Health, Avian Flu, Animal Health, Pandemic

5 points by sieste 158 days ago | 0 comments

US repeating Covid mistakes with bird flu as spread raises alarm, experts say (theguardian.com)

Public Health, Pandemics, Avian Flu, Science, United States

11 points by howard941 175 days ago | 1 comments

Study confirms mammal-to-mammal avian flu spread (news.cornell.edu)

Science, Health, Avian Flu, Mammals

31 points by geox 212 days ago | 3 comments

Global health leader critiques ineptitude of U.S. response to bird flu outbreak (statnews.com)

Global health, Public Health, Pandemic Response, Avian Flu, United States

13 points by bikenaga 234 days ago | 4 comments

Covid Safety Measures Could Return If a Bird Flu Pandemic Is Declared (forbes.com)