Hacker News with Generative AI: Avian Influenza

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 13 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 15 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 24 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 121 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 128 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 170 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 202 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 211 days ago | 249 comments