House cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health
1 month, 2 weeks ago

House cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health

Salon  

More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or wild birds. Related Migrants are on the front lines of the bird flu crisis but deportation fears are causing chaos “Companion animals, and especially cats, are 100% a public health risk in terms of the risk of zoonotic transmission to people,” said virologist Angela Rasmussen, who studies disease progression in emerging viruses at the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization. Rasmussen doesn’t think pet owners should be afraid their cats will give them bird flu but said taking precautions is good for pets, and for public health. Los Angeles County’s public health department said five cats from two households tested positive for bird flu after drinking unpasteurized raw milk from the Raw Farm dairy in California’s Central Valley. There isn’t a lot of research on transmission of bird flu from companion animals like cats or dogs to humans, though Rasmussen agreed it’s definitely a concern: The more infections you have in animals, “the more your luck is potentially going to run out.” Most people who have caught H5N1 are agricultural workers who had direct contact with infected poultry or cattle.

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Government on high alert as deadly bird flu jumps species AGAIN - after first human death in US
6 days, 16 hours ago

Government on high alert as deadly bird flu jumps species AGAIN - after first human death in US

Daily Mail  

Experts have issued a stark warning after the world's first case of bird flu in sheep was detected on the UK farm, triggering a Government alert. Bird flu can cause severe illness, including pneumonia, and even death—with experts on high alert amid fears it could trigger a human pandemic. Pictured here: dead cows at a Californian dairy farm In March …

How to Protect Your Cats (and Backyard Chickens) From Bird Flu
55 years, 2 months ago

How to Protect Your Cats (and Backyard Chickens) From Bird Flu

Wired  

A nationwide egg shortage has sent prices soaring at your local grocery store—and the culprit is H5N1 bird flu. The reported number of US pets impacted by bird flu is relatively low, but cases of H5N1 in domestic cats are rising across the country. “We are likely seeing an undercount of cases of H5 bird flu in pets, as not …

Bird flu in cats in India: Should pet owners worry?
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Bird flu in cats in India: Should pet owners worry?

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The detection of bird flu in domestic cats in Madhya Pradesh — a first-of-its-kind case in India — has raised concerns. With the virus now found in cats, experts urged for caution, particularly for pet owners in cities like Hyderabad, where close contact between animals and humans is common. “Bird flu in cats is rare but not an impossibility, …

One more US company recalls raw pet food as bird flu continues to infect cats
4 weeks, 1 day ago

One more US company recalls raw pet food as bird flu continues to infect cats

Firstpost  

Earlier this week, two more cats contracted H5N1 in Washington after eating pet food from the same brand, Wild Coast Raw. One of the cats was euthanised while the other one remains in veterinary care A second raw pet food manufacturing company has recalled products in the US after cats from two households tested positive for bird flu in Oregon …

Cats tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in MP's Chhindwara; poultry sale banned till March 4
1 month ago

Cats tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in MP's Chhindwara; poultry sale banned till March 4

New Indian Express  

BHOPAL: Perhaps for the first time in the country, cats have been found infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. Three cats domesticated by separate families in Ward No 30 and Mohan Nagar localities of Chhindwara city, were recently found infected with the H5N1 virus. “A team of experts from the high security …

Bird flu detected in cats in India. Can it be transmitted to humans?
1 month ago

Bird flu detected in cats in India. Can it be transmitted to humans?

Firstpost  

India has confirmed its first H5N1 avian influenza case in domestic cats in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district. Scientists are concerned about the virus mutating in mammals and the possible risk to humans India has confirmed its first case of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in domestic cats. Through their research, scientists determined that the H5N1 avian influenza virus found in …

Washington state warns pet owners after bird flu confirmed in cats – Know the early signs of illness
1 month ago

Washington state warns pet owners after bird flu confirmed in cats – Know the early signs of illness

India Today  

Washington state officials are warning pet owners after two indoor cats tested positive for bird flu. The two cats had been consuming Wild Coast raw pet food, which the WSDA previously had issued a public health alert about. This follows other similar cases in Oregon, where domesticated cats were infected with bird flu after they consumed the same raw pet …

US bird flu outbreak concerns continue as health agencies face cuts and information delays
1 month, 1 week ago

US bird flu outbreak concerns continue as health agencies face cuts and information delays

ABC  

An ongoing avian influenza outbreak in the US shows no signs of abating, as thousands of staff at the nation's leading health and science agencies have been cut. Prior to Mr Trump's inauguration, Dr Adalja participated in calls every few weeks with scientific experts at the CDC and USDA to discuss the bird flu outbreak. Australia's surveillance of bird flu …

We're Infectious Disease Experts. Here's How Soon Bird Flu Could Cause A Pandemic.
1 month, 1 week ago

We're Infectious Disease Experts. Here's How Soon Bird Flu Could Cause A Pandemic.

Huff Post  

Edwin Remsberg via Getty Images Infectious disease experts weighed in on how likely a pandemic could happen and what it would take for the virus to evolve into a pandemic agent. into dairy cattle,” said William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine in the department of health policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, citing how a new bird flu strain …

People can spread bird flu to their cats, U.S. study suggests
1 month, 1 week ago

People can spread bird flu to their cats, U.S. study suggests

Raw Story  

by Issam AHMED A study published Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that people can transmit bird flu to their domestic cats, with fatal consequences. Both case studies involved pet owners who worked at or near dairy cattle farms affected by bird flu, and both resulted in deaths of infected felines. The owner also experienced …

Dairy workers may have given bird flu virus to their pet cats, with deadly results
1 month, 1 week ago

Dairy workers may have given bird flu virus to their pet cats, with deadly results

LA Times  

Mark McAfee owns Raw Farm, the largest raw milk farm in California with some 2,400 head of dairy cattle in Fresno County. When the bird flu virus began striking dairy farms last year, dead barn cats were often the first sign. The study, parts of which were accidentally released this month, details a public health investigation in Michigan from May …

Dairy workers’ cats died from bird flu, but it’s not clear how they got infected
1 month, 1 week ago

Dairy workers’ cats died from bird flu, but it’s not clear how they got infected

Associated Press  

Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers died after being infected with bird flu. Cats in two separate households died in May after developing severe illnesses that were confirmed as the Type A H5N1 bird virus found in U.S. dairy herds, investigators reported. That worker reported eye irritation, a possible symptom of bird flu, two days before the cat …

Bird Flu Kills Dairy Workers’ Cats, Suggesting a Viral Change
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1 month, 1 week ago

Bird Flu Kills Dairy Workers’ Cats, Suggesting a Viral Change

Live Mint  

-- Two house cats died after contracting bird flu in the homes of dairy workers, a troubling sign that the virus may be moving between species and becoming more widespread. The cats’ owners lived in separate households in Michigan and developed symptoms of H5N1 last May, according to a report released Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and …

New study warns hundreds could be infected with H5N1 bird flu without symptoms: Are you at risk?
1 month, 1 week ago

New study warns hundreds could be infected with H5N1 bird flu without symptoms: Are you at risk?

Hindustan Times  

A new study shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians. In those studies, several of the infected workers remembered having symptoms of H5N1 bird flu, while none of the veterinarians in the new paper recalled any such symptoms. The new study is more evidence that the official US tally of confirmed human bird flu infections …

First cows, now cats. Is bird flu coming for humans next?
1 month, 1 week ago

First cows, now cats. Is bird flu coming for humans next?

Live Mint  

A strain of bird flu recently spread from wild birds and poultry to cows, and a dairy worker subsequently tested positive for the strain. “If the virus figures out a way to adapt and start transmitting between humans, infections in the general population could go up exponentially overnight," says Scott Hensley, a professor in the microbiology department at the University …

Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate

CNN  

KFF Health News — Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness, fevers, vomiting, and other flu-like symptoms. “Delays in data create dangerous situations on the front line.” Although the CDC’s flu dashboard shows a surge of influenza, it doesn’t include all data needed …

Some people didn’t know they had a bird flu infection, study of veterinarians suggests
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Some people didn’t know they had a bird flu infection, study of veterinarians suggests

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A new study shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians. In those studies, several of the infected workers remembered having symptoms of H5N1 bird flu, while none of the veterinarians in the new paper recalled any such symptoms. The new study is more evidence that the official U.S. tally of confirmed human …

Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study

LA Times  

A new study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the H5N1 bird flu virus is probably circulating undetected in livestock in many parts of the country and may be infecting unaware veterinarians. Seema Lakdawala, a microbiologist at Emory University in Atlanta — who was not involved in the research — said she was surprised …

San Mateo County cat diagnosed with bird flu as CDC deletes evidence on possible feline-human transmission
1 month, 3 weeks ago

San Mateo County cat diagnosed with bird flu as CDC deletes evidence on possible feline-human transmission

LA Times  

A pet cat was announced infected with the H5N1 bird flu shortly after the CDC released data suggesting an adolescent may have caught the virus from a cat. San Mateo County public health officials announced Thursday that they’d discovered a pet cat in Half Moon Bay infected with H5N1 bird flu. She said department officials were “not aware of any …

What to know about protecting your cat from bird flu
2 months, 1 week ago

What to know about protecting your cat from bird flu

NPR  

What to know about protecting your cat from bird flu toggle caption eclipse_images/iStockphoto/Getty Images Your orange tabby might be a vicious mouser. Also last month, Los Angeles County's public health department confirmed two cats tested positive for bird flu after drinking raw milk from the Raw Farm dairy in California's Central Valley. If a cat does seem sick, Sykes says …

First U.S. death from bird flu reported in Louisiana
2 months, 3 weeks 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 …

More than 70 percent of California’s dairy cow herds are infected with bird flu. Here’s what to know
2 months, 4 weeks ago

More than 70 percent of California’s dairy cow herds are infected with bird flu. Here’s what to know

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 A dozen more dairy herds in California have been stricken with …

More than 70 percent of California’s dairy cow herds are infected with bird flu. Here’s what to know
3 months ago

More than 70 percent of California’s dairy cow herds are infected with bird flu. Here’s what to know

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 A dozen more dairy herds in California have been stricken with …

How To Protect Your Cat From Bird Flu
3 months ago

How To Protect Your Cat From Bird Flu

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Cooking meat or pasteurizing raw milk destroys the bird flu virus and other disease-causing germs. Northwest Naturals, a pet food company in Portland, Oregon, announced a voluntary recall …

Bird flu cases are on the rise for humans and animals. Here's how to protect your pets
3 months ago

Bird flu cases are on the rise for humans and animals. Here's how to protect your pets

NPR  

Bird flu cases are on the rise for humans and animals. Here's how to protect your pets NPR's Scott Simon talks to Kristen Coleman, an infectious disease researcher at the University of Maryland, about the recent cases of bird flu in cats and what steps to take to protect pets. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #2: U.S. health officials are warning pet owners, …

Bird flu infection in cats raises concerns in US as virus mutates
3 months ago

Bird flu infection in cats raises concerns in US as virus mutates

India Today  

The ongoing spread of bird flu in the US has alarmed experts - not just because of human cases causing severe illness, but also due to troubling new instances of infections in cats. An analysis posted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday revealed that a small percentage of the virus in the patient's throat carried genetic …

Bird flu outbreak claims lives of 20 wildcats at Washington sanctuary
3 months ago

Bird flu outbreak claims lives of 20 wildcats at Washington sanctuary

Hindustan Times  

A sanctuary in Washington state was struck with tragedy as their 20 wildcats died due to a bird flu outbreak which has affected animal lives at poultry farms, dairy cattle and even some human lives. Tragedy at Washington wildlife sanctuary as 20 wildcats die from bird flu outbreak. Washington sanctuary mourns wildcats’ death The non-profit organisation reported that various types …

Cats can get sick with bird flu, here's how to protect them
3 months ago

Cats can get sick with bird flu, here's how to protect them

Hindustan Times  

The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Cooking meat or pasteurizing raw milk destroys the bird flu virus and other disease-causing germs. Though cases of infection are rare, cats seem especially susceptible to the bird flu virus, or …

Cats can get sick with bird flu. Here’s how to protect them
3 months ago

Cats can get sick with bird flu. Here’s how to protect them

Associated Press  

The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Cooking meat or pasteurizing raw milk destroys the bird flu virus and other disease-causing germs. Though cases of infection are rare, cats seem especially susceptible to the bird flu virus, or …

Cats can get sick with bird flu. Here's how to protect them
3 months ago

Cats can get sick with bird flu. Here's how to protect them

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 The death of an Oregon …

Twenty big cats die after contracting bird flu at Washington State animal sanctuary
3 months ago

Twenty big cats die after contracting bird flu at Washington State animal sanctuary

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 Twenty big cats have …

LA County warns bird flu is killing cats as human cases top 65 nationwide
3 months, 1 week ago

LA County warns bird flu is killing cats as human cases top 65 nationwide

Salon  

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has issued a warning about bird flu, caused by the virus H5N1, that is killing domestic cats. “The risk of H5 bird flu remains low in Los Angeles County, but these confirmed cases of the virus in pet cats are a reminder that consuming raw dairy and meat products can lead to …

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 months, 1 week 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 …

The symptoms of bird flu to watch out for after California outbreak
3 months, 1 week ago

The symptoms of bird flu to watch out for after California outbreak

Daily Mail  

Bird flu is sweeping the US, with California declaring a state of emergency and the first hospitalization taking place in Louisiana. Like Covid, bird flu virus infection in people cannot be diagnosed by clinical signs and symptoms alone; laboratory testing is needed. For critically ill patients, collection and testing of lower respiratory tract specimens also may lead to diagnosis of …

California declares state of emergency amid rising bird flu cases
Trending News
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Health Experts Warn of Bird Flu's Pandemic Threat
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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

Should We Be Worried About Bird Flu?
4 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Alarming development as mutated bird flu strain that is 30x deadlier leaves American infected
5 months ago

Alarming development as mutated bird flu strain that is 30x deadlier leaves American infected

Daily Mail  

Doctors are expressing alarm about a mutated form of bird flu that infected a farm worker in Texas. Government-backed researchers took a sample of the virus, infected mice and ferrets with it and found it had evolved to become far deadlier than the wild strain currently spreading on US farms. Researchers have suggested that drinking unpasteurized milk from an infected …

Bird flu spreads across US with dozens of cases now found in 6 states
5 months, 1 week 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 …

As human cases of bird flu grow, feds say flu vaccine could help prevent a new pandemic
8 months ago

As human cases of bird flu grow, feds say flu vaccine could help prevent a new pandemic

LA Times  

A turkey farm near Manson, Iowa. Federal officials say the number of poultry workers infected with H5N1 bird flu has climbed. Although health officials say the risk of H5N1 bird flu infection is still low for the general population, they announced on Monday a $5-million plan to offer seasonal flu vaccine to livestock workers. Officials said they are launching this …

With the U.S. bird flu outbreak uncontained, scientists see growing risks
8 months, 1 week ago

With the U.S. bird flu outbreak uncontained, scientists see growing risks

NPR  

With the U.S. bird flu outbreak uncontained, scientists see growing risks toggle caption Charlie Neibergall/AP For nearly four months, the spread of bird flu in the nation’s dairy cattle has stoked fears that, if left unchecked, the virus could eventually unleash a pandemic. “Every time you give an avian virus a chance to infect a human, it’s like buying a …

Two more bird flu cases reported in Colorado, but elsewhere a study finds no asymptomatic infections
8 months, 1 week 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
8 months, 1 week 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 …

With five more human bird flu cases reported, number of infected this year more than doubles
8 months, 2 weeks ago

With five more human bird flu cases reported, number of infected this year more than doubles

Salon  

On Sunday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced a total of five human cases of avian influenza in workers responding to the outbreak at a commercial egg layer operation. Four cases have been confirmed, and the fifth is “presumptive positive and pending confirmation at CDC.” Previously, there were four confirmed cases in humans following exposure to dairy …

Bird flu spreads to cats and dogs as infections jump to mammals in 31 states: Here’s what to know
9 months, 1 week ago

Bird flu spreads to cats and dogs as infections jump to mammals in 31 states: Here’s what to know

Hindustan Times  

A highly infectious type of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has shown concerning zoonotic transmission in recent weeks. Previously limited to wild birds and domestic poultry, the virus has been detected in cats across 31 states, with isolated cases identified in dogs. Bird flu spreads to cats and dogs as infections jump to mammals in 31 states: Here’s …

Opinion: Bird flu is a real threat. Here’s a way to fight it
9 months, 1 week 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 …

Ex-CDC Director Makes Alarming Bird Flu Prediction
9 months, 1 week ago

Ex-CDC Director Makes Alarming Bird Flu Prediction

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former CDC Director Robert Redfield suggested that a bird flu pandemic among humans is inevitable ― and would be extremely lethal. “I really do think it’s very likely that we will, at some time ― it’s not a question of if, it’s more of a question of when ― we will have a bird flu pandemic,” Redfield …

Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In the last two years, bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide. That’s “a little bit of a head scratcher,” although there are some likely explanations, said Richard Webby, a flu researcher at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The flu strain’s ability to lodge in …

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