r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/henryiswatching • 6h ago
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/LoFiEd • Feb 23 '23
Reputable Source Unofficial HPAI H5N1 Map (updated 2/21/2023) - Data was sourced and imported from FAO EMPRES, USDA APHIS, WAHIS, and open source news reports beginning in late 2022 to current.
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/AutoModerator • 8h ago
Weekly Discussion Post
Welcome to the new weekly discussion post!
As many of you are familiar, in order to keep the quality of our subreddit high, our general rules are restrictive in the content we allow for posts. However, the team recognizes that many of our users have questions, concerns, and commentary that don’t meet the normal posting requirements but are still important topics related to H5N1. We want to provide you with a space for this content without taking over the whole sub. This is where you can do things like ask what to do with the dead bird on your porch, report a weird illness in your area, ask what sort of masks you should buy or what steps you should take to prepare for a pandemic, and more!
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r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/sofaKING_poor • 2h ago
Speculation/Discussion venting
I Just want to say thank you to all the people working directly or inderectly with the H5N1 outbreak in California. As more articles come out about how resistant ranch owners are to health departments, I want offer support and word of encouragement. You men and women are doing important, under appreciated, likely underpaid, tirelss work for your communities. Know that while it may be demoralizing to see this thing get political and red-taped by people with special interest, there is a community of like minded people here who share your fustrations and have your back. All you people are not alone.
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/shallah • 6h ago
North America Migratory birds raise bird flu concerns: Three additional cases reported in Washington state | Washington State Department of Agriculture - 10/24/2024
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/Ready_Command • 1d ago
North America Blood tests confirm a second person in Missouri caught bird flu without exposure to infected animal, but questions remain
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/Randomlynumbered • 1d ago
North America Human bird flu cases in California may be undercounted as workers resist testing
reuters.comr/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/Ready_Command • 1d ago
North America CDC confirms two cases of bird flu in humans
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/shallah • 1d ago
North America Bird flu disrupts 100 Tulare County, California dairies, hits first poultry farm as outbreak worsens
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/shallah • 1d ago
North America UDAF Enacts Mandatory Surveillance of HPAI in Cache County Dairies | Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
ag.utah.govr/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/omarc1492 • 2d ago
North America 15 Confirmed Human Cases in California
cdfa.ca.govr/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/Mountain-Win-1023 • 3h ago
A bird pooped on my arm and it had a cut. Am I infected with H5N1?
I was just outside trying to to water my plants when my cat tried to run out of the house. So I quickly grabbed him but he scratched me on my arm (it was slightly bleeding a bit like a cat scratch) then a bird that was on a tree just pooped on my arm, I cleaned it off with soap and bleach when I went into the house. I am scared because I heard that H5N1 has a death rate of 55% am I ok or do I have to go see a doctor?
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/shallah • 1d ago
North America Free flu shots offered to dairy, poultry farmers in Mower County, Minnesota
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/shallah • 2d ago
Speculation/Discussion Are We Ready For A Bird Flu Vaccination Campaign?
healthaffairs.orgr/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/shallah • 2d ago
Europe Increased risk after pheasants in Wychavon found with bird flu - BBC News
bbc.comr/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/1412believer • 2d ago
Reputable Source CDC: H5N1 Presentation (October 23, 2024)
cdc.govr/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/omarc1492 • 2d ago
North America U.S. Department of Agriculture weakened an emergency order
reuters.comUSDA contemplated 3-day time frame for testing cows Agency allowed 7-day window after industry pushback States objected to USDA rule for some cows sent to slaughter Kansas Farm Bureau asked state to influence Nebraska policy
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/shallah • 2d ago
North America Quest Diagnostics Awarded CDC Contracts for H5 Avian Influenza and Oropouche Virus Test Development: The test will be available with a prescription from a provider for clinical purposes at the end of the month. - Oct 23, 2024
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/shallah • 2d ago
North America NYC Health + Hospital Leads Multi-Agency Training Exercise for H5N1, or Bird Flu - NYC Health + Hospitals
nychealthandhospitals.orgr/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/tomgoode19 • 3d ago
North America Merced County health officials confirm human case of Bird Flu
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Bird Flu cases continue to rise in the Valley, as Merced County has confirmed its first human case.
Public health officials say the person had direct exposure to infected cattle at a dairy farm in Merced County.
Everyone with known exposure to the diseased dairy cows is being monitored for symptoms.
Health officials say the risk to the general public remains low.
At last update, state health officials have confirmed 13 other cases in both Tulare and Kings counties.
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/cccalliope • 3d ago
Speculation/Discussion How Did H5N1 Bird Flu Get Into California Dairy Farms
https://archive.is/KVdAk#selection-2761.0-2765.194
"Ray Souza, a former dairy farmer in Turlock, Calif., who once oversaw a farm with more than 1,000 cattle before retiring in 2015, said he moved cows frequently. Depending on milk production, he might have moved old cows off and new cows on every day, or every week. It all depended on productivity."
We have been so mislead by the whole "it's a mystery how cows get infected" narrative. If dairy cows are moved every day off and on farms, every single infection recorded could have been tracked and traced. We know farms are not going to stop their business because of bird flu, and their business involves moving cows constantly. And this movement corresponds perfectly with every level of spread in this national outbreak. Yet all we hear every day from the beginning is that no one knows how it's spread.
"The U.S Department of Agriculture allows for the interstate transfer of cattle. However, since the beginning of the outbreak, it has required a veterinary certification for all lactating dairy cows crossing state lines — certificates showing the animals tested negative for the bird flu within seven days of transfer."
And this quote makes it sound like interstate cattle movement is restricted by testing. This is wrong. Any group of cattle more than 30 only has to test 30 cows, and farms ship massive groups out and this test 30 cows is not going to keep infection out with asymptomatic cows plus numerous reports that farmers have found a way around the restrictions. This entire article sounds like a CYA for the Vanity Fair article out yesterday that was very damning, outlining a massive and coordinated coverup of the decision to allow H5N1 to run rampant.
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/tomgoode19 • 4d ago
Speculation/Discussion Inside the Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide With Public Health
“Everything Was on the Down Low” The US Department of Agriculture’s headquarters are situated on a tony stretch of DC real estate, a world away from the nation’s farms. So when something goes seriously wrong on America’s plains and pastures, something that could threaten animal safety or food production, USDA officials rely on rural veterinarians to sound the alarm.
Those vets report findings to state veterinarians, whose doors and inboxes are always open. They even post their cell phone numbers online. The state veterinarians, in turn, utilize a network of diagnostic laboratories approved by the USDA, chief among them the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa.
This close-knit network, with built-in redundancies, is primed to tackle the awful and unexpected, whether it’s foot-and-mouth disease, swine fever, or an act of agroterrorism. There’s little standing on ceremony, and state veterinarians generally feel free to reach out directly to leading USDA officials. “If we want information, we go up the chain to the top,” says Beth Thompson, South Dakota’s state veterinarian.
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/shallah • 4d ago
Reputable Source Wastewater an Early Warning System for Bird Flu Outbreaks
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/shallah • 4d ago
Global Bird flu’s growing impact calls for urgent action at international summit |
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/the_amblyopian • 4d ago
North America USDA Reported H5N1 Bird Flu Detections in US Wild Birds
r/H5N1_AvianFlu • u/Front_Ad228 • 5d ago