Hacker News with Generative AI: Avian Influenza

RFK Jr. Wants to Let Bird Flu Spread on Poultry Farms. Why Experts Are Concerned (scientificamerican.com)
With H5N1 avian influenza spreading in poultry flocks, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is pushing a new plan: let the virus rip.

Public Health, Avian Influenza, Science, Controversial Ideas

25 points by voxadam 14 days ago | 16 comments

New York Shutting Down Live Bird Markets After Finding Bird Flu (time.com)
On Feb. 7, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued an order to temporarily close live bird markets after cases of avian influenza, or bird flu, were detected in seven markets in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx in the past week.

New York, Avian Influenza, Public Health, Bird Flu

8 points by bookofjoe 54 days ago | 0 comments

Genetics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses ID'd in LA Person (cdc.gov)
CDC has sequenced the influenza viruses in specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who was infected with, and became severely ill from HPAI A(H5N1) virus. The genomic sequences were compared to other HPAI A(H5N1) sequences from dairy cows, wild birds and poultry, as well as previous human cases and were identified as the D1.1 genotype.

Genetics, Avian Influenza, Public Health, Virology

4 points by rntn 95 days ago | 0 comments

America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic (kffhealthnews.org)
Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus shows no sign of slowing. The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states, by quickly identifying infected cows and taking measures to keep their infections from spreading. Now at least 875 herds across 16 states have tested positive.

Agriculture, Public Health, Pandemic, Avian Influenza

17 points by leotravis10 101 days ago | 1 comments

How the U.S. Lost Control of Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic (scientificamerican.com)
As the bird flu virus moved into cows and people, sluggish federal action, deference to industry and neglect for worker safety put the country at risk

Public Health, Avian Influenza, Pandemic Preparedness

13 points by bookofjoe 101 days ago | 6 comments

CDPH: Bird flu virus found in raw milk for sale (statnews.com)
Health officials in California have discovered bird flu virus in raw milk for sale in a store in the state, a development scientists following the ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows have been anticipating and worrying about for some time.

Health, Food Safety, Avian Influenza, California

12 points by classichasclass 129 days ago | 1 comments

7% of participating dairy workers had recent infection with bird flu (cdc.gov)
Since April 2024, sporadic infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses have been detected among dairy farm workers in the United States.

Public Health, Avian Influenza, Agriculture

7 points by geox 145 days ago | 0 comments

Bird flu infections undetected (statnews.com)
For months, as human cases of H5N1 bird flu associated with an outbreak of the virus in U.S. dairy cattle have mounted, one question has loomed larger than others: how many human infections are getting missed?

Health, Public Health, Avian Influenza, Epidemiology

41 points by cduzz 146 days ago | 42 comments

H5N1 virus isolated from infected dairy worker is 100% lethal in ferrets (news.wisc.edu)
A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ferrets through the air, although inefficiently, and killed 100% of infected animals in studies University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers performed with the strain earlier this year.

H5N1, Avian Influenza, Animal Health, Science, Public Health

46 points by ctoth 155 days ago | 32 comments

Spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus to dairy cattle (nature.com)

Avian Influenza, Animal Health, Science, Public Health

6 points by trott 252 days ago | 0 comments

Confirmation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial& Backyard Flocks (usda.gov)

Avian Influenza, Animal Health, Agriculture, Public Health

14 points by ljf 259 days ago | 3 comments

Mexico man dies from first human case of bird flu strain H5N2 (theguardian.com)

Mexico, Bird Flu, Health, Avian Influenza, Public Health

38 points by pama 301 days ago | 6 comments

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in a Dairy Farm Worker (nejm.org)

Avian Influenza, Public Health, Medicine, Viruses

40 points by perihelions 333 days ago | 7 comments

H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest US bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread (statnews.com)

H5N1, Avian Influenza, Livestock, Agriculture, Public Health

139 points by divbzero 342 days ago | 249 comments