Wisconsin will kill off 2.7 million chickens to stop spread of bird flu outbreak
2 years, 10 months ago

Wisconsin will kill off 2.7 million chickens to stop spread of bird flu outbreak

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An entire flock of 2.75 million egg-laying chickens in the US state of Wisconsin will be killed to prevent the spread of a lethal form of bird flu, officials said on Monday. “State officials quarantined the affected premises, and birds on the property will be depopulated to prevent the spread of the disease,” the USDA’s animal health inspection agency said. According to Reuters, this latest cull will bring the total number of commercially raised chickens and turkeys killed in the US since February to 6.7 million amid the biggest outbreak of avian flu since 2015. For now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said the current outbreak poses only a “low risk” to the public and remains “primarily an animal health issue”.

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Letters to the Editor: ‘Euthanized’? What happens to chickens with bird flu is a lot worse
1 week ago

Letters to the Editor: ‘Euthanized’? What happens to chickens with bird flu is a lot worse

LA Times  

To the editor: The Times’ recent article on skyrocketing egg prices claims that once farmers detect the bird flu virus in chickens, “flocks are euthanized.” To “euthanize” means to give a humane death. To understand how these flocks actually die, you might consider the 2022 Associated Press article, “Bird flu’s grisly question: how to kill millions of poultry.” The AP …

The First US Bird Flu Death Is a Stark Warning
55 years ago

The First US Bird Flu Death Is a Stark Warning

Wired  

Yesterday, health officials in Louisiana announced that a patient who was hospitalized with severe bird flu in December has died. A total of 66 people in the US tested positive for bird flu in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The more virus there is in our environment, the more chances there are for it to …

US records its first human death from bird flu
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1 week, 2 days ago

US records its first human death from bird flu

Live Mint  

The first human death linked to bird flu has been reported in the United States, health authorities in Louisiana announced Monday, while noting the patient had underlying medical conditions. ‘Risk of Human-to-Human Transmission Low’ The announcement in mid-December of the patient being in “critical condition” sparked alarm that the United States could see an outbreak of a possible bird flu …

US reports first bird flu-related death after 65-year-old succumbs in Louisiana
Top News
1 week, 2 days ago

US reports first bird flu-related death after 65-year-old succumbs in Louisiana

India Today  

A US patient who had been hospitalised with H5N1 bird flu has died, the Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday, marking the country's first reported human death from the virus. The patient, who has not been identified, was hospitalised with the virus on December 18 after exposure to a combination of backyard chickens and wild birds, Louisiana health officials …

Louisiana person is the first US bird flu death, health officials say
1 week, 2 days ago

Louisiana person is the first US bird flu death, health officials say

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first U.S. bird …

First U.S. death from bird flu reported in Louisiana
1 week, 3 days ago

First U.S. death from bird flu reported in Louisiana

Salon  

On Monday, the Louisiana Department of Health reported that a patient with a severe case of bird flu, caused by the H5N1 virus, had died from their infection, a first for the United States. Even before the patient died, their case made headlines for several reasons: bird flu is raging across North America, swamping dairy and poultry farms and causing …

America’s first bird flu death reported in Louisiana
1 week, 3 days ago

America’s first bird flu death reported in Louisiana

CNN  

CNN — The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. Since 2003, there have been roughly 900 human bird flu infections reported globally, and about half of those people have died, according to the World Health Organization. The Louisiana patient was infected with …

Nearly $9 a dozen: Why egg prices are skyrocketing and for how long
1 week, 3 days ago

Nearly $9 a dozen: Why egg prices are skyrocketing and for how long

LA Times  

The egg case at a grocery store in Chicago in September. A bird flu outbreak has Californians paying steep prices for eggs, with consumers sometimes scrambling to locate a carton of eggs amid a disrupted supply chain that has left some store shelves empty. Persistent and significant outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza have decimated California’s poultry flocks and …

How America lost control of bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic
3 weeks, 2 days ago

How America lost control of bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

Salon  

Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. “I don’t know if the bird flu will become a pandemic, but if it does, we are screwed.” To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, …

New Zealand’s Bird Flu Outbreak Should End Soon, Officials Say
3 weeks, 2 days ago

New Zealand’s Bird Flu Outbreak Should End Soon, Officials Say

Live Mint  

-- New Zealand officials say they have contained an outbreak of bird flu to a single site in the southern region of Otago. Exports of poultry products worth about NZ$190 million a year were halted after New Zealand confirmed its first case of bird flu on an egg farm operated by Mainland Poultry. Officials took about 4,300 samples from 36 …

Bird flu outbreak hits Britain's turkey farms as tens of thousands are culled and rest ordered to be kept indoors days before Christmas
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Bird flu outbreak hits Britain's turkey farms as tens of thousands are culled and rest ordered to be kept indoors days before Christmas

Daily Mail  

Turkey farms have been hit by an outbreak of bird flu as tens of thousands of birds have been culled and ordered to be kept indoors just before Christmas. This is the first outbreak of bird flu in captive animals since February and no humans have yet been infected with the risk of spread to people remaining very low. Avian …

California declares state of emergency amid rising bird flu cases
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4 weeks ago

California declares state of emergency amid rising bird flu cases

India Today  

The US reported its first severe human case of bird flu on Wednesday in a Louisiana resident who is hospitalised in critical condition after suspected contact with an infected backyard flock. Severe respiratory illness in the Louisiana patient shows increased health risks for people from the virus that previously caused eye redness, or conjunctivitis, in infected dairy workers. "The mild …

California declares bird flu state of emergency after Louisiana patient suffers first severe case
4 weeks ago

California declares bird flu state of emergency after Louisiana patient suffers first severe case

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The news comes after health officials announced that a person in Louisiana has the first …

US identifies 65-year-old in Louisiana as first severe case of bird flu
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

US identifies 65-year-old in Louisiana as first severe case of bird flu

Al Jazeera  

Health officials say the 65-year-old was hospitalised after contact with an infected flock of back-yard birds. A 65-year-old in the southern state of Louisiana has been hospitalised in critical condition as the result of the bird flu, becoming the first severe case reported in the United States. “CDC confirms first severe case of H5N1 Bird Flu in the US. “This …

Bird flu hospitalizes person in Louisiana, the first severe infection in U.S.
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Bird flu hospitalizes person in Louisiana, the first severe infection in U.S.

Salon  

A person has been hospitalized with bird flu in Louisiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, marking the first time since the outbreak began that an infection with the H5N1 virus reached such severity. Although another severe case hospitalized in a teenager in Canada last month, this is the first severe case reported in the U.S. Related …

Mega-Farms Are Driving the Threat of Bird Flu
1 month ago

Mega-Farms Are Driving the Threat of Bird Flu

Wired  

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “It’s a lot of trouble.” Further north and west, in the San Joaquin Valley—the heart of the state’s dairy industry—the H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, has rippled through the massive herds that provide most of the country’s milk. The Centers for Disease …

Health Experts Warn of Bird Flu's Pandemic Threat
1 month ago

Health Experts Warn of Bird Flu's Pandemic Threat

Deccan Chronicle  

Paris: Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and infects people in the United States. The deadly bird flu variant H5N1 first emerged in China in 1996, but over the last four years it has sp More than 300 …

Bird flu detected in Friesland: 63,000 chickens culled
1 month, 1 week ago

Bird flu detected in Friesland: 63,000 chickens culled

NL Times  

Bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Blija, Friesland, leading to the culling of more than 63,000 broiler chickens, the Ministry of Agriculture announced Sunday. The outbreak marks the second confirmed case of bird flu at a poultry farm in the Netherlands this year. To prevent the spread of the virus, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product …

Arizona sees first case of human bird flu as government begins testing milk for virus
1 month, 1 week ago

Arizona sees first case of human bird flu as government begins testing milk for virus

Raw Story  

Bird flu has officially jumped from birds to infect two people in Arizona, AZFamily reported Friday. While cases of the disease, known as Type A H5N1, jumping to humans in California have previously been reported, this is the first case in Arizona, the report said. In March, the first case of bird flu was detected in U.S. cows' milk. "The …

Letters to the Editor: A doctor’s fear that we’re careening toward a bird flu disaster
1 month, 1 week ago

Letters to the Editor: A doctor’s fear that we’re careening toward a bird flu disaster

LA Times  

Bird flu outbreaks at dairy farms are sparking fears of a major threat to human health. To the editor: As a retired public health and emergency medicine physician, I want to thank you for your recent articles about the bird flu, most recently those articles by Times reporters Susanne Rust and Melissa Gomez. The combination of a mutating and potentially …

Experts say bird flu is more widespread than we think: ‘We are in a soup of virus’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Experts say bird flu is more widespread than we think: ‘We are in a soup of virus’

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists are warning about the continued transmission of dangerous H5N1 bird …

Three mysterious bird flu cases worry experts that another pandemic is looming
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Three mysterious bird flu cases worry experts that another pandemic is looming

Salon  

This month, two independent cases of bird flu were detected in North American children without any known exposure to infected animals, raising concerns that the H5N1 virus that causes it is inching closer to evolving in a way that allows it to spread between humans. Again, if the H5N1 virus develops the ability to efficiently spread between humans, the world …

Egg prices tick up in US amid efforts to halt spread of bird flu
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Egg prices tick up in US amid efforts to halt spread of bird flu

Al Jazeera  

Price for a dozen eggs has increased by more than 60 percent over the last year as millions of birds killed. Egg prices are rising once more as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with the high demand of the holiday baking season in the United States. “Those are being rapidly corrected, sometimes within a day,” said Emily Metz, …

First case of bird flu detected in child as blood tests reveal virus is more widespread than reported
1 month, 3 weeks ago

First case of bird flu detected in child as blood tests reveal virus is more widespread than reported

Daily Mail  

A child in California has tested positive for bird flu, local health officials say — the first pediatric case — amid growing fears the disease could spread between humans. But the case underscores the possibility bird flu could spread among people, after it caused an outbreak among cows in 2022 that sickened more than 500 herds and then jumped to …

The number of cases of H5N1 bird flu is growing - but can it be caught by eating chicken?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The number of cases of H5N1 bird flu is growing - but can it be caught by eating chicken?

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As the number of human bird flu cases have continued to …

First bird flu outbreak in nearly a year confirmed in Gelderland
1 month, 4 weeks ago

First bird flu outbreak in nearly a year confirmed in Gelderland

Dutch News  

The first outbreak of bird flu in nearly a year has been confirmed at a biological poultry farm in Gelderland. “Unfortunately, after a long period we are having to deal with another business with a bird flu infection. “We are taking appropriate steps and keeping a close eye on the situation.” Farmers’ organisation LTO called on the government to impose …

First case of bird flu strain reported in the UK: Protection zone set up around commercial poultry firm in attempt to contain outbreak
1 month, 4 weeks ago

First case of bird flu strain reported in the UK: Protection zone set up around commercial poultry firm in attempt to contain outbreak

Daily Mail  

A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed at a commercial poultry farm in Cornwall. The government said all poultry on the infected site, near Rosudgeon near St Ives, will be humanely culled, after a strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus was detected. Bird flu or avian influenza, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds around the globe in …

CDC calls for expanded testing for bird flu after blood tests reveal more farmworker infections
2 months, 1 week ago

CDC calls for expanded testing for bird flu after blood tests reveal more farmworker infections

Associated Press  

Federal health officials on Thursday called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed that some dairy workers had signs of infection, even when they didn’t report feeling sick. Farmworkers in close contact with infected animals should be tested and offered treatment even if they show no symptoms, said Dr. Nirav Shah, principal …

Should We Be Worried About Bird Flu?
2 months, 1 week ago

Should We Be Worried About Bird Flu?

Huff Post  

ULISES RUIZ via Getty Images The H5N1 virus, aka the bird flu, spilled over to commercial poultry before sickening cattle earlier this year. The increase in avian influenza activity is due to a major outbreak occurring in wild birds that has been ongoing and has spilled into poultry farms and now dairy cattle,” Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert …

1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat
2 months, 2 weeks ago

1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It's the first time the …

First US Case of Bird Flu in a Pig Raises Concerns Over Potential Human Threat
2 months, 2 weeks ago

First US Case of Bird Flu in a Pig Raises Concerns Over Potential Human Threat

Associated Press  

A pig at an Oregon farm has been found to have bird flu, marking the first instance of the virus in the United States. The infection poses a potential threat to human health due to its ability to spread to humans. Genetic tests have shown no mutations that suggest the virus is gaining an increased ability to spread to people. …

Bird flu spreads across US with dozens of cases now found in 6 states
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bird flu spreads across US with dozens of cases now found in 6 states

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Michigan officials announced the state’s first outbreak since early …

California becomes epicenter of bird flu crisis as more human cases reported
3 months ago

California becomes epicenter of bird flu crisis as more human cases reported

Salon  

Another five suspected cases of bird flu were reported today in California, where six cases have already been confirmed, according to the California Department of Public Health. The state, which is the country’s largest dairy supplier, has become the epicenter of bird flu in cows and has concerned public health experts since the beginning of the outbreak for this reason. …

Australia and New Zealand Brace for Bird Flu Threat: A Global Threat
3 months ago

Australia and New Zealand Brace for Bird Flu Threat: A Global Threat

The Hindu  

Australia and New Zealand brace for a looming bird flu threat. The region, currently free of the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b avian influenza, is at risk of its arrival due to its geographic isolation and the migration patterns of birds. The virus has reached Indonesia and Antarctica in recent years, posing a potential threat to the region's ecosystems and agricultural industry. …

Could bird flu spread at state fairs? Here’s why health experts advise caution
4 months, 1 week ago

Could bird flu spread at state fairs? Here’s why health experts advise caution

NPR  

Could bird flu spread at state fairs? Here’s why health experts advise caution toggle caption Benjamin Thorp/WFYI Between July and October states across the country hold their annual state fairs. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said states like Indiana don’t have any positive bird flu cases in cattle because they aren’t looking …

Bird flu restrictions cause heartache for 4-H kids unable to show off livestock at fairs across US
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Bird flu restrictions cause heartache for 4-H kids unable to show off livestock at fairs across US

Associated Press  

EVART, Mich. — Alison Smith stared at the virtually empty dairy barn inside the Osceola County Fairgrounds, once bustling with teens and preteens preparing to show their prized animals but now eerily silent as an invisible virus once again interfered with a cherished summertime rite. “And just a lot of people talking and having fun catching up in the dairy …

Bird flu restrictions cause heartache for 4-H kids unable to show off livestock at fairs across US
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Bird flu restrictions cause heartache for 4-H kids unable to show off livestock at fairs across US

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “And just a lot of …

Bird flu cases are going undetected, new study suggests. It’s a problem for all of us
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bird flu cases are going undetected, new study suggests. It’s a problem for all of us

Salon  

A new study lends weight to fears that more livestock workers have gotten the bird flu than has been reported. “Largely, that’s because our surveillance has been so poor.” As bird flu cases go underreported, health officials risk being slow to notice if the virus were to become more contagious. Gray’s team detected signs of prior bird flu infections in …

The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing
55 years ago

The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing

Wired  

Ongoing outbreaks of avian influenza have decimated poultry flocks and wild birds across the United States and worldwide. On July 25, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed an additional three human cases, bringing the total number of US cases to 13 since April. “These cases are not entirely surprising given that these people were working with infected …

Two more bird flu cases reported in Colorado, but elsewhere a study finds no asymptomatic infections
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Two more bird flu cases reported in Colorado, but elsewhere a study finds no asymptomatic infections

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Friday announced two more bird flu cases among farmworkers, but they also said a new study in Michigan suggested the virus is not causing silent infections in people. Last month, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services launched a study of workers who were around cows sickened by the bird flu. It’s …

Two more bird flu cases reported in Colorado, but elsewhere a study finds no asymptomatic infections
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Two more bird flu cases reported in Colorado, but elsewhere a study finds no asymptomatic infections

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy U.S. health officials on Friday …

Extreme heat may have increased spread of H5N1 at poultry farm
6 months ago

Extreme heat may have increased spread of H5N1 at poultry farm

LA Times  

An H5N1 outbreak that recently infected five poultry workers and 1.8 million chickens in northeast Colorado may have been fueled in part by heat wave conditions and slaughtering methods, according to federal health authorities. At a press conference Tuesday, Nirav Shah, principal deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the human infections occurred as poultry …

Australia is aiming to eradicate bird flu. This is how scientists are tracking and tracing the outbreak
6 months ago

Australia is aiming to eradicate bird flu. This is how scientists are tracking and tracing the outbreak

ABC  

It's a nerve-wracking wait for answers. "We've had a big upturn in the number of samples coming in for avian influenza testing," veterinary virologist Dr Andrew Read told 7.30. "By comparing the viruses' genetic code, we can see the three strains causing the three outbreaks are not closely related but are more closely related to low pathogenic strains known to …

Australia not investing enough to prepare for catastrophic affects of H5N1 variant of bird flu, experts warn
6 months ago

Australia not investing enough to prepare for catastrophic affects of H5N1 variant of bird flu, experts warn

ABC  

Australia is not investing enough money to prepare for an outbreak of the strain of bird flu that is causing environmental and agricultural 'catastrophes' overseas, according to virologists, farmers and environmental lobby groups. "If avian influenza gets into Australia it's not just devastating for poultry, but it will be devastating for our native bird populations," Dr Short said. Mr Gough …

Central Travancore a sitting duck for avian flu
6 months, 1 week ago

Central Travancore a sitting duck for avian flu

The Hindu  

It was just another day for Abraham Ouseph, who had taken his ducks to the Vilakkupadam paddy polder for foraging as usual. “We are scared of crows nowadays,” says Premraj adding that though Kuttanad has witnessed bird flu outbreaks quite a few times, this is the first time the disease has been reported in his village. Sporadic bird flu infections …

Grim reality for businesses left to pick up the pieces after bird flu outbreak
6 months, 1 week ago

Grim reality for businesses left to pick up the pieces after bird flu outbreak

ABC  

As Victorian farmers continue to battle the nation's largest-ever outbreak of bird flu, the business owners who have lost their poultry are facing a grim recovery period. Linda Fahy, Agriculture Victoria's regional manager for animal health and wellbeing for south-west Victoria, said compensation for livestock losses was available for farmers who were required to cull animals due to emergency diseases. …

Is bird flu in cattle here to stay?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Is bird flu in cattle here to stay?

LA Times  

Despite assurances from the federal government that bird flu will be eradicated from the nation’s dairy cows, some experts worry the disease is here to stay. Recently, Eric Deeble, USDA acting senior advisor for H5N1 response, said that the federal government hoped to “eliminate the disease from the dairy herd” without requiring vaccines. David Topham, a professor of microbiology and …

Bird flu: 46,000 birds to be culled in Alappuzha
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bird flu: 46,000 birds to be culled in Alappuzha

The Hindu  

Rapid Response Teams of the Animal Husbandry department will cull 34,033 birds in avian flu-hit Chennam-Pallipuram, Vayalar, and Thycattussery grama panchayats in Alappuzha on Tuesday. Following mass bird deaths at these places, the department sent samples to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, for analyses, which tested positive for avian influenza a few days ago. Meanwhile, an …

Opinion: Bird flu is a real threat. Here’s a way to fight it
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Bird flu is a real threat. Here’s a way to fight it

LA Times  

If the last couple years are any indication, bird flu is not just for the birds. Livestock transport is regulated at the federal level by the Twenty-Eight Hour Law, which requires animals traveling domestically for more than 28 hours to be offloaded for food, water and rest, and the Animal Health Protection Act, which gives the USDA broad authority to …

Experts say bird flu is a Pandora's box. Are we about to open it?
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Experts say bird flu is a Pandora's box. Are we about to open it?

Salon  

On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, a different virus threatens to cause widespread illness and death, bring the global economy to its knees and throw us back into the chaos that we seemingly just emerged from with the virus SARS-CoV-2. “If we let this strain circulate uncontrolled, then boxes 2 and 3 are not that far ” Rajnarayanan added …

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