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Opinon: wild meat markets are a root cause of Mpox and must be made safer

Wed, 2024-11-06 19:52 — mike kraft

Stopping mpox: wild meat markets are a root cause and must be made safer Strategies to beat a disease outbreak like mpox must start with the root causes. The Conversation

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Strategies to beat the 2024 mpox outbreak have so far largely focused on preventing human-to-human transmission.

But we also need to go back to the root causes of disease, particularly where mpox is transmitted from animals to humans.

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Analysis :What The Pig With Bird Flu in Oregon Really Signifies--experts suggest

Wed, 2024-11-06 12:36 — mike kraft

Experts Reveal What The Pig With Bird Flu in Oregon Really Signifies A concerning development. The Conversation ScienceAlert

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Pigs are the ideal genetic mixing vessel to generate a human pandemic influenza strain, because they have receptors in their respiratory tracts which both avian and human flu viruses can bind to.

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U.S. bird flu: Oregon identifies 3 human cases in farm workers from neighboring Washington state

Fri, 2024-11-01 09:49 — mike kraft

Oregon identifies 3 human cases of bird flu in farm workers from Washington state Bird flu has infected three more people from Washington state after they were exposed to poultry that tested positive for the virus, according to health authorities in Washington and in Oregon, where the human cases were identified. Tom Polansek Reuters

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Bird flu found in a pig, raising concerns over potential human threat

Thu, 2024-10-31 10:08 — mike kraft

1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu. It’s the first time the virus has been detected in U.S. swine and raises concerns about bird flu’s potential to become a human threat. AP News

...finding bird flu in a pig raises worries that the virus may be hitting a stepping stone to becoming a bigger threat to people, said Jennifer Nuzzo, a Brown University pandemic researcher.

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Opinion: Veteran government vaccine developer says U.S. response to bird flu outbreak in cattle is ‘frustrating’

Thu, 2024-10-17 10:57 — mike kraft

Veteran vaccine developer says U.S. response to bird flu outbreak in cattle is ‘frustrating’ Barney Graham, a former NIH vaccine developer, said U.S. agencies aren't coordinating the response to the bird flu outbreak among cows. Andrew Joseph STAT

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Bird Flu: Britain raises risk level of bird flu to medium

Thu, 2024-10-17 10:49 — mike kraft

Britain raises risk level of bird flu to medium Britain has increased on Thursday the risk level of bird flu to medium from low after the virus was detected in a number of wild birds in the country over the autumn, the government said in an update posted on its website. Reuters Reuters

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U.S. CDC allocates $10M to help protect livestock workers against bird flu

Wed, 2024-07-31 09:21 — mike kraft

CDC investing $10M into bird flu response among farmworkers The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investing a collective $10 million into the federal bird flu response among livestock workers, with the agency maintaining the risk to genera… jchoi The Hill

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Experts divided on whether cow vaccines could help halt the spread of bird flu in U.S. herds

Mon, 2024-07-29 11:29 — mike kraft

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Bird flu in cows shows how efficiently it has spread among mammals --study

Fri, 2024-07-26 10:37 — mike kraft

Research on bird flu in cows shows how efficiently it has spread among mammals The more the virus spreads uncontrolled in mammals, the higher the chance it could evolve to be transmitted to humans. NBC News

New research into the ongoing bird flu outbreaks on dairy farms describes in unprecedented detail how efficiently the virus has spread among cows, and from cows to other mammals, including cats and a raccoon.

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