Global pandemic fears over 'new bird flu strain' after first human death in US

Bird flu 'mutates' as warning issued over 'huge red flag' that would risk new pandemic

Samples taken from the first patient who died from bird flu show that a strain of the virus has “mutated” to infect humans more effectively. A patient - hospitalised last month in Louisiana - died after the H5N1 strain of avian influenza infected the individual.Subsequent research by Johns Hopkins University has contemplated the virus’ “pandemic potential” as it has started to “really move into humans”. Describing the virus as “very dynamic”, Pr…

Rising Fears Over Potential Avian Flu Pandemic in U.S. - Real News Now

The escalating prevalence of avian influenza among livestock and other mammals in the United States has ignited fears of a potential pandemic on the horizon. Vigilance and readiness for this risk will significantly shape the public health agenda for the upcoming Trump administration. A surge of H5N1 infections witnessed in people and animals has led scientists to sound the alarm that the virus may adapt to better infect humans, increasing its po…

Global pandemic fears over 'new bird flu strain' after first human death in US

Bobbi Pritt, a professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at Mayo Clinic, has revealed the conditions required for bird flu to pass from human to human after a recent death in the US

Does this herald a human pandemic? In the United States, H5N1 avian flu is spreading in industrial farms, but also among their employees. A first human death has been reported. Conjunctivitis, runny nose, cough, fever, aches and nausea… A certain number of workers on North American farms are experiencing such symptoms, more or less benign. In just six months, already 66 human cases of H5N1 avian flu have been confirmed according to the (…) Read…

Bird Flu Is Raising Red Flags Among Health Officials | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Last week the Louisiana Department of Health announced the first U.S. death from H5N1. Samples taken from the individual suggest that the virus has begun to adapt to infect humans better.

Bird flu's leap across species raises alarms about future pandemics

The H5N1 bird flu virus, now infecting dozens of mammal species and killing humans, signals an urgent need to address cross-species pandemics fueled by biodiversity loss and industrial farming.Phoebe Weston reports for The Guardian.In short:H5N1, labeled a “panzootic,” has spread to over 48 mammal species, killing wildlife like sea lions and elephant seal pups, and recently claimed its first U.S. human fatality.Shrinking habitats, intensified fa…