Hacker News with Generative AI: Bird Flu

Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans (theguardian.com)
The teenager hospitalized with bird flu in British Columbia, Canada, may have a variation of the virus that has a mutation making it more transmissible among people, early data shows – a warning of what the virus can do that is especially worrisome in countries such as the US where some H5N1 cases are not being detected.

Bird Flu, Public Health, Science, Canada

80 points by amichail 10 hours ago | 37 comments

Bird Flu Is Step Closer to Mixing with Seasonal Flu and Becoming a Pandemic (scientificamerican.com)
As the H5N1 avian influenza virus continues its rampage through U.S. dairy cow herds, it has also infected human farm workers.

Bird Flu, Pandemics, Health, Science, Agriculture

9 points by Brajeshwar 20 days ago | 0 comments

A second person in Missouri caught bird flu without exposure to infected animals (cnn.com)

Health, Missouri, Bird Flu, Public Health

10 points by ctoth 24 days ago | 0 comments

Sequencing wastewater may be key to getting a grip on the H5N1 bird flu outbreak (statnews.com)
Despite no known infections of H5N1 bird flu among its dairy cows, Missouri recently detected a case in a person with no apparent exposure to possibly infected animals or related products (i.e., raw milk).

Science, Public Health, Epidemiology, Bird Flu, H5N1

75 points by ethbr1 48 days ago | 24 comments

Four more health care workers ill after caring for bird flu case in Missouri (statnews.com)
An investigation into the still unexplained human H5N1 bird flu infection in Missouri has turned up four additional health care workers who developed mild respiratory illness symptoms after caring for the patient in hospital in August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.

Health, Bird Flu, Missouri, Public Health, CDC

99 points by divbzero 53 days ago | 2 comments

CDC Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri (cdc.gov)

Health, Bird Flu, Missouri, CDC

4 points by lenerdenator 74 days ago | 2 comments

Bird flu is less scary than we feared. But we're not working to control it. (nytimes.com)

Bird Flu, Public Health, Science, Pandemic

9 points by mitchbob 105 days ago | 1 comments

Bird Flu Is Spreading. Why Aren't More People Getting Tested? (nytimes.com)

Bird Flu, Public Health, Testing, Health

11 points by bookofjoe 127 days ago | 12 comments

Five people infected as bird flu appears to go from cows to chickens to humans (arstechnica.com)