Hacker News with Generative AI: H5N1

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