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Lessons from investigating the original outbreak of bird flu in Texas

Thu, 2024-05-23 10:47 — mike kraft

Clues From Bird Flu’s Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandle - KFF Health News Dairy farmers and veterinarians in northern Texas furiously investigated a mysterious illness among cattle before the government got involved. Their observations are telling. khnkit KFF Health News

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Bird flu in cows - is it inching closer to humans?

Thu, 2024-05-23 10:19 — mike kraft

Avian flu is in cows in the US - is it inching closer to humans? The H5N1 strain of avian flu has been around since 1996, but until now its been largely confined to animals. But it has now jumped to cattle in America and some think it means we are inching towards eventual human-to-human infection, with potentially serious consequences. BBC News

... the (spread of the virus between states seems to be down to the movement of infected cows across state lines. ...

Reporting and surveillance of cattle movement in the US is poor compared with the UK and Europe where the BSE outbreaks of the mid-nineties led to all cows having to be tagged.

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Bird flu: Australia reports first human avian flu infection

Thu, 2024-05-23 10:05 — mike kraft

Australia reports first human avian flu infection Australia reported its first human case of avian influenza on Wednesday in a child who authorities said had been infected in India but made a full recovery, while a different highly contagious strain was found on an egg farm. Peter Hobson Reuters

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WHO reports that the number of sexually transmitted infections has increased worldwide.

Wed, 2024-05-22 09:46 — mike kraft

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Climate change and heat is linked to worsening brain diseases

Tue, 2024-05-21 20:04 — mike kraft

Climate change is linked to worsening brain diseases Climate change is making the symptoms of certain brain conditions worse, our new review published in The Lancet Neurology has found. Conditions that can worsen as temperature and humidity rise include ... Medical Xpress

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Cyberattacks against U.S. water supplies are rising, and utilities need to do more to stop them--U.S. government warns

Tue, 2024-05-21 09:25 — mike kraft

US says cyberattacks against water supplies are rising, and utilities need to do more to stop them The Environmental Protection Agency warns that cyberattacks against water utilities around the U.S. are becoming more frequent and more severe. AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation’s drinking water.

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How a simulation is informing COVID-19 vaccine policy after our 'return to normal'

Tue, 2024-05-21 09:11 — mike kraft

How a simulation is informing COVID-19 vaccine policy after our 'return to normal' As the saying goes "There is no such thing as normal" and this has been especially true after the pandemic. Medical Xpress

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Now, there is a complex global situation where populations in different countries have unique hybrid immunity landscapes, born from a wide range of vaccination history and exposure history combinations.

In 2023, we needed to consider what hybrid immunity meant for booster vaccinations. And what different types of hybrid immunity meant for future vaccination strategies.

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