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@lemmy.worldhttps://www.denver7.com/news/state-news/3-colorado-poultry-workers-identified-as-potential-bird-flu-cases-after-outbreak-at-commercial-egg-facility
Three Colorado poultry workers at a commercial egg-laying facility in northeast Colorado have tested presumptive positive for bird flu, state health officials said Friday.
https://x.com/BNOFeed/status/1811931508254400920
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-05-24/bird-flu-detected-in-tissue-samples-of-us-dairy-cow-sent-to-slaughter-usda-says
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/after-mice-drink-raw-h5n1-milk-bird-flu-virus-riddles-their-organs/
No, really, drinking raw milk during the H5N1 outbreak is a bad idea.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/h5-monitoring.html#waste
CDC has multiple surveillance systems that are used year-round to monitor key flu indicators.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/05/09/bird-flu-h5n1-explained-70-people-in-colorado-monitored-for-illness-local-officials-says/?sh=669223356fc8
Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man contracted the virus from sick cows. Here’s why so many experts are worried about a possible new pandemic.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/09/health/bird-flu-cows-human-receptors/index.html
Cows have the same kinds of gateways into their cells as humans and birds, a new study shows. The finding suggests that cows could be mixing bowls - hosts that could help H5N1 bird flu learn to spread in humans.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/usda-reports-more-h5n1-detections-poultry-wild-birds
https://www.science.org/content/article/combat-cow-flu-outbreak-scientists-plan-infect-cattle-influenza-high-security-labs
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893923000984