Health experts around the world have for months been urging US authorities to increase surveillance and share more information about its bird flu outbreak after the virus started spreading among dairy cows for the first time.



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New Zealand

Editorial: Bird flu death not cause for alarm, but a concerning development

Recent headlines about bird flu spreading in poultry farms and dairy cattle herds overseas may cause some concern, but it is important to keep facts in mind...

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WASHINGTON: The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave off the threat of another pandemic - particularly ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House. Health experts worldwide have been urging US authorities to increa

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US urged to do more to fight bird flu after first death

An expert said that monitoring has increased for US cattle but warned “big gaps” remain.

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Maryland state and local surveillance of the bird flu has been increasing in recent days after preliminary testing of a commercial poultry flock in Delaware produced a “presumptive positive” result. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first fatal case of bird flu in a human. On Monday, the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s State Veterinarian, Dr. Jennifer Trout, sent out a letter to the state’s poultry prod…

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What you need to know about the continued surveillance of bird flu after first US death

The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave off the threat of another pandemic—particularly ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House.

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Virologist Laura Brum explains that the transmission of the bird flu virus to humans is “sporadic, occasional”. In the United States, it has been verified that it has penetrated cattle. The specialist guarantees that there are cases of transmission to humans, but not between humans. If it happens, it's not because of the consumption of animal products. There are less than a thousand cases worldwide. “What is worrying here is the way the virus is…

A virologista Laura Brum explica que a transmissão do vírus da gripe das aves para humanos é “esporádica, ocasional”. Nos Estados Unidos, diz, tem-se verificado a sua penetração junto do gado bovino. A especialista garante que há casos de transmissão a humanos, mas não entre humanos. A acontecer, não é pelo consumo de produtos animais. Há menos de mil casos a nível mundial. “O que preocupa aqui é o caminhar que o vírus está a ter, de se adaptar …

"Há casos de transmissão do vírus da gripe das aves a humanos, mas não entre humanos". Atenção: "o risco existe"

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“There are cases of transmission of the influenza virus from birds to humans, but not between humans.” Attention: “the risk exists”

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Pa. zoo takes precautions against bird flu following snow geese deaths

The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave off the threat of another pandemic -- particularly ahead of Donald Trump's…

France24

Government of France

France

The so-called avian influenza viruses have been worrying scientists for a while. Not only because of the ravages they cause in the poultry hut, but because it is being seen that it is extremely mutant and that it already affects other animals and humans. Since May 2024, H5N1 avian influenza has infected tens of thousands of poultry and dairy cows in the United States and infected some workers on these farms. This Tuesday the first death of a per…

Los virus de la denominada gripe aviar llevan un tiempo preocupando a los científicos. No solo por los estragos que causan en la cabaña avícola, sino porque se está viendo que es extremadamente mutante y que ya afecta a otros animales y a los humanos. Desde mayo de 2024, la gripe aviar H5N1 ha contagiado a decenas de miles de aves de corral y vacas lecheras en los Estados Unidos y ha infectado a algunos trabajadores de estas explotaciones. Este …

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Keys : What is avian influenza that has already caused the death of a person in the US?

A Louisiana resident previously hospitalized with avian influenza has died, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday, marking the first bird flu death in the United States.

US urged to do more to fight bird flu after first death

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