A significant outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza has been reported in dairy cows across the United States, raising concerns about the potential for human transmission. Originating from a single spillover event from wild birds in the Texas panhandle around December 2023, the virus has now spread to nine states. An USDA analysis of 220 viral genomes has confirmed the outbreak's extent. Health experts are closely monitoring the situation due to the virus's ability to jump between species, which could increase the risk of it adapting to humans. The USDA has been criticized for its delayed response and lack of data transparency. Measures to protect farm workers and prevent further spread include enhanced surveillance and mandatory testing of dairy cows before transportation.
This, by the way, is seriously bad news for mountain lions in the States. I assume they have near the same vulnerability to #H5N1 as domestic cats do. https://t.co/ZyewZsUi8b
🐄 The practice of opening barn doors to the public is facing a new risk, as the US Department of Agriculture confirmed bird flu in dairy herds in nine states https://t.co/uQZFv8Y2vc https://t.co/JGmJpYhzJo
Scientists have long warned #H5N1 has pandemic potential. And it wouldn’t be the first time a flu pandemic wreaked havoc on our world. So how likely is that worst-case scenario now, as this virus circulates in yet another species? My latest: https://t.co/kbrCceekCO
How bird flu could threaten cow cuddling. Yes, it is a thing. https://t.co/tQ9WJsIPcR https://t.co/hWCrnWVe8k
Texas farm worker infected with bird flu from cow shows bleeding in eyeballs. He is the first known case of mammal-to-human transmission of the virus. Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/CYA8in1uPQ
⚠️ HOW BIRD FLU COULD THREATEN COW CUDDLING. YES, IT IS A THING. Full Story → https://t.co/Q1GeEskufI
"Agricultural emissions are one of the most difficult to get rid of." Unelected globalist technocrat, Bill Gates, intends to completely re-engineer the global food supply, towards artificial, "non-agricultural" methods of production—which do not require "vast amounts of… https://t.co/Fud0jBary7
Bird flu in US: What we know, what we don't https://t.co/IlG4X1BUGM https://t.co/4lXP1rheYu
Besides being found in 6 different mammals so far in 13 different U.S states, what concerns me more is the casual mention of the presence of the E627K mutation. It allows faster viral replication in mammalian cells at the upper respiratory tract and is well-known to scientists.… https://t.co/xmEnKPqLGx https://t.co/0ntozl7n8P
🚨 At last! 302 new H5N1🧬 from US labs in @GISAID (incl @USDA) shines light on the outbreak w/ 214 new🧬 from 6 mammalian hosts (dairy cattle, goat, cat, skunk, mountain lion, & raccoon) collected in 13 states. New data indicate shared common ancestor b/t TX & NM cattle🧬 w/…
Canada expanding surveillance, increasing testing for avian flu https://t.co/YcrWXZjelF
The @CDCgov is urging farmers, workers, and emergency responders to wear appropriate protective gear when in direct or close physical contact with sick birds, livestock, feces, raw milk or contaminated surfaces. https://t.co/aC6hEpVDOq
The number and diversity of mammals that have been affected by #H5N1 this year has jumped dramatically. If more mammals are infected, the virus can obviously change and be more readily transmitted between mammals. https://t.co/H3JTzb48X8
New Mutations Identified in Bird Flu Virus https://t.co/xXRyN0XLYC
🚨🇺🇸 FIRST EVER COW-TO-HUMAN BIRD FLU CASE: CONTRACTED BY RUBBING EYES More details have emerged about the Texas dairy worker who was the first documented case of bird flu spreading from cows to humans, diagnosed after developing severe pinkeye - with no respiratory symptoms.… https://t.co/g52goYAS3T https://t.co/GYqlkp8b7X
Canada toughens import requirements on US breeding cattle over bird flu concerns https://t.co/Y9CFNqKMpp https://t.co/hB7jDp2fej
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has toughened import requirements on U.S. breeding cattle over the H5N1 bird flu virus, the agency said in a statement on Friday. https://t.co/FXgYndcBeB https://t.co/FXgYndcBeB
NEW: CDC Warns of Bird Flu 'Pandemic Potential.' https://t.co/oCE2cGHFfo
NEW from @thenatpulse: CDC Warns of Bird Flu 'Pandemic Potential.' The Centers for Disease Control and Prev...... READ ON: https://t.co/BbD28hVKlQ
BREAKING: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Public Health Agency of Canada jointly announce Canada will be expanding surveillance of #H5N1, including cattle and retail milk testing, amid ongoing outbreak among U.S. dairy cattle. More from their new statement: https://t.co/rtafzXjGo7
What the H5N1 avian flu found in U.S. cattle means for Canadians https://t.co/8N3H24xhxt
Canada to test milk for H5N1 avian flu after harmless traces found in U.S. cattle https://t.co/aNa7buil4V
Scientists fear bird flu has spread from mammals to humans for the first time, marking another step in the evolution of the deadly virus. Read more 🔗 https://t.co/d5937Dd4RR
We still don’t understand how one human apparently got bird flu from a cow https://t.co/WMbO2k0MAm
White House: President Biden is 'on top of' avian flu concerns https://t.co/UHeALMizLl
Hospital experts fret over potential bird flu outbreak https://t.co/5Gn1kpcwOz
What does it tell us? 1. First description of mammal (cow)-to-mammal (human) transmission of the #H5N1 published today at @NEJM 2. It initially looks like a high neurotropic virus. Check the patient's eyes. https://t.co/e11rVFcbct https://t.co/7woUn9dfso https://t.co/OThPlblpsj
Gruesome first photo of Texas dairy farm worker who caught bird flu from a cow shows how he suffered bleeding in his eyeballs https://t.co/g49Q9ua5bA https://t.co/qRdoQ58MKR
Preliminary report on genomic epidemiology of the 2024 H5N1 influenza A virus outbreak in U.S. cattle https://t.co/iWQsbTYXVR Main preliminary findings: - Reassortment event within North American avian H5N1 viruses shortly before start of cattle outbreak - Cattle outbreak likely… https://t.co/MGsAddRtrP
WHO chief "scientist" says cows are the main issue in a new bird flu virus spreading. We know exactly what they're planning 🐄 🦠 They want to start ordering ranchers to cull millions of cattle so real meat prices skyrocket and nobody except Davos can afford to eat meat. 🔊 https://t.co/hj9L3tn2SH
Bird flu: Experts urge more surveillance in Canada — before it’s too late https://t.co/Tv5xkhC2sj https://t.co/l61C3l8U1q
After the bird flu’s spread to dairy cattle in the U.S., experts are urging Canada to boost its surveillance of the virus — before it’s too late. READ MORE: https://t.co/BKtR0x0Sl8 https://t.co/BKtR0x0Sl8
Bird flu continues to appear to pose a "low risk to the general public" for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. https://t.co/2pwQdp5sha
The "experts" are now warning that there is BIRD FLU in milk. The U.S could have 100 million doses of bird flu vaccines ready within a few months Now they are also working on brand new mRNA bird flu injections. Wow, they really had those injections ready quick!
Bird flu continues to appear to pose a "low risk to the general public" for now, the CDC says. But the agency's scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this "pandemic potential" virus this year, they said in a new report. https://t.co/rHndbINsWw
'Strong evidence' suggests bird flu has passed from mammals to humans for first time 🔗 https://t.co/95QeG8oJNU
Genetic sequencing from the #H5N1 #birdflu in cows outbreak suggests H5 is likely widespread & a new @USDA policy requires testing of cows crossing state lines. Yet it's been over a week since USDA confirmed a new outbreak. Is there any testing going on? https://t.co/6E4b6hAXBu
In case you haven't seen the news below. I haven't seen updates on testing, but this is the first human case of H5N1 bird flu that has been announced. In Texas: https://t.co/kZ2UtPpFpw
Important context here on the question of who should be doing more to investigate #H5N1 #birdflu in cattle operations. https://t.co/uXYsK2Fu1z
I'm the CDC's top bird flu expert - this is why I'm losing sleep over the H5N1 outbreak tearing through US farms https://t.co/3ON5HArLUh https://t.co/OTj9kckZpJ
WHITE HOUSE SAYS MONITORING BIRD FLU VERY CLOSELY
Bird flu outbreak in US cattle sparks fears over next global health crisis https://t.co/Wk7bQHIW1h via @ft
I’m seeing increasing media coverage (below + https://t.co/S10A0AiiEO + others) that implies that state / local public health agencies are blocking CDC from deploying to states & engaging with dairy farms to conduct case-based or enhanced surveillance for human cases of H5N1. 1/ https://t.co/FKap5n1To6
.@ScottGottliebMD, former FDA commissioner on US bird flu response: “There’s always a tension between the human health people and animal health people. The human health people would swab anything; animal health worry more about economic implications.”https://t.co/9f70N9jqqP
Bird flu continues to appear to pose a "low risk to the general public" for now, the CDC says. https://t.co/2iyMpMEYT4
The bird flu is bad for poultry and dairy cows, a pain for farmers, and could, at some point, fuel a pandemic. @amymaxmen reports for KFF Health News & @NBCNews https://t.co/7Seh9Yx6V0
New from @CDCgov and Texas investigators, who say "major knowledge gaps" remain in wake of probe of human H5N1 infection - investigators were unable to access farm - no follow up samples from worker or contacts - no sequences from sick cows at farm https://t.co/BKEgI9T2R2 https://t.co/pN9zULTSHQ https://t.co/Kd0bZJvcPl
In 2020, President Biden said he would have gotten CDC experts into Wuhan, but his administration can’t even get some commercial dairy farmers to allow testing for H5N1.
With little incentive for US farmers to test their cattle, and many undocumented laborers on dairy farms, the full scale of the outbreak is unclear. https://t.co/Y79VvT1HIM
⚠️ CDC RECOMMENDS AVOIDING EXPOSURE TO SICK OR DEAD ANIMALS Full Story → https://t.co/0iWqgo7sDL The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that people should avoid exposures to sick or dead animals suspected to be infected with the H5N1 bird flu… https://t.co/McTUj0QxL5
"Likewise it appears that health authorities were not allowed on the farm to investigate whether more workers might have been infected." Incredible that the U.S. federal government is being so passive about dairy farms after all of the Covid overreach. https://t.co/S5x6FS79NZ
The challenging thing about communicating the risk of #flu pandemics is the risk is low — until it isn't. Then things happen really quickly. I talked to the head of the @CDCgov 's flu division about that & the US response to #H5N1 #birdflu in cows. https://t.co/WkPWKZgo8p
The challenging thing about communicating the risk of #flu pandemics is the risk is low — until it isn't. Then things happen really quickly. I talked to the head of the @CDC's flu division about that & the US response to #H5N1 #birdflu in cows. https://t.co/WkPWKZgo8p
🚨 HPAI #H5N1 in Human infected from farm paper in @NEJM This would also possibly be the first mammal to human transmission reported for #H5N1 https://t.co/A0fNhtmIyd
WEBINAR: Find out more about the public health risk of avian influenza A(#H5N1) detected recently in dairy cattle 🗓️ Mon., 6.05.2024 🕐 13h00 CEST Registration [required] https://t.co/OR9vpaI3AF https://t.co/HbRDTSJ6vt
If you're following the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in cows, this @HelenBranswell interview with Viven Dugan is a must-read. The CDC is ready to expand testing efforts to find more human cases but no state has yet asked them to get involved. https://t.co/EVNLBkncy0
Covid lessons remain unlearned as avian flu infects cattle, hospitals say https://t.co/JAdxbqsbm1 via @politico
“…if the low level of mammalian adaptations they're seeing become dominant, the risk of interspecies transmission will be higher.” #H5flu https://t.co/gvFFkZLzxL
A new report suggests that the Texas man who wasinfected with bird flu virus may be the first detected case H5N1 transmitting from a mammal to a person. https://t.co/vAyWm8HjC5
Details of the first documented human case of H5N1 bird flu in the dairy cattle pervasive outbreak https://t.co/XgmBOrL0An @NEJM It's possible/likely that other people have been infected but are not being diagnosed https://t.co/eSJISPGwaK https://t.co/uN694FpaQT
NEW: @amymaxmen provides easy answers to your top questions on H5N1, the bird flu making headlines. https://t.co/uWEyanEE7D
🚨 More bad news on the #BirdFlu #H5N1 front Texas vet who cares for 40,000 cattle said nearly every farm that had cows sick with bird flu also had sick workers: ‘I had people who never missed work, miss work’ https://t.co/MsJ2MdDGWH
Thoughts on 2 vaccines ready to go for #H5N1 if needed on @fox6now with @BenHandelman. @wiscanesthesia @UWHealth @WSALifeline @uwsmph https://t.co/Mcl3IAqE5w
The big questions around bird flu: how it's spreading, the risk posed to humans. https://t.co/qKramwqm97 @alisonmsnyder
H5N1 has long been feared for its potential to cause a human pandemic, and the U.S. government has spent billions of dollars preparing for the threat of a pandemic influenza outbreak since the early 2000s, working with GSK, CSL subsidiary CSL Seqirus, and Sanofi to develop… https://t.co/w9guWUD2rV
"Hospital leaders say the health system won’t be ready if the avian flu that’s infected American dairy cattle becomes widespread among humans." https://t.co/51ZN2Y3CDR
Sick dairy cows in 9 states causes concern virus might have spread to their milk. | By @Loisco https://t.co/ujFvHDBdyC
New: Hospital leaders say the U.S. isn’t ready for an avian flu outbreak. H5N1 is still considered a low risk to the public, but should it mutate and spread widely among humans, the health system may be set up to repeat Covid-era mistakes. https://t.co/UQxO29TF9z
Vivien Dugan, director of the flu division at the CDC, is helping to lead the national response to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in cows. https://t.co/TYNQcyzcSs
CDC’s top flu scientist says the risk to the public from H5N1 is low, but she isn’t sleeping well. Here’s why https://t.co/bc1eltYh6Z via @statnews
🇺🇸 US cattle prices drop as traders fear bird flu outbreak could knock demand https://t.co/KEXKWmCKSL
Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus infections in pinnipeds and seabirds in Uruguay: implications for bird-mammal transmission in South America https://t.co/fUSLZUvB1A @Virus_Evolution
Hospitals ‘just not ready’ for an avian flu outbreak https://t.co/UqerSQNrEf
"Cows alone account for about 6% of global emissions, and so we need to change cows." According to Bill Gates, since cows emit methane, and methane is "a very powerful greenhouse gas", we need to eat artificial meat—made by companies he has invested in—instead of real meat.… https://t.co/OFhmqnS1oN
Very informative interview by Global Dispatches with @RobynAlders discussing #H5N1 in dairy cows in the U.S. I learned a lot! https://t.co/hK5nOPa4Iq
Looks like #H5N1 now endemic to cattle, happily jumping between species attempting to become endemic in 1 mammalian species at a time. Q is not if jump is made to human, but how pathogenic adapted strain will be. #Pandemic preparedness starting now. https://t.co/7t6VumyJSF https://t.co/oGlAesfliy
Officially, only one person has caught the #BirdFlu during the current outbreak. But with limited testing, cases could be flying under the radar. https://t.co/qgL1SYuvwX
Spikes of influenza A virus seen in wastewater samples from 59 sewer systems across 18 different states this spring may point to the spread of the #H5N1 avian influenza virus that is currently infecting dairy cattle. https://t.co/L2rC97lCIO
🚨URGENT ALERT: The USDA is ordering dairy producers to test cows for infections of the HIGHLY DEADLY ‘Bird Flu’ before they are transported following the discovery of the virus IN SAMPLES OF PASTEURIZED MILK ⚠️ PREPARE FOR ROUND 2 OF ‘GLOBAL PLANDIMIC’ RIGHT BEFORE THE 2024… https://t.co/BCincbXqQ8
Good to see this published. HPAI viruses from Uruaguay suggest pinnipeds ancestral to birds. Viruses in South America may have spread from mammals to mammals and seabirds, revealing a new transmission route. Big implications! 👉https://t.co/frQEW4Boph https://t.co/WDFmBBKt8s
⬇️. Without targeted education, without PPE, these cattle workers are not protected from #H5N1. And without mandated and appropriate testing, we will never know. The fact remains this is a virus that has picked up steam and is jumping to new species where before it just hit dead… https://t.co/6CLgOndxRa
The H5N1 virus isn’t spreading among people but scientists are on guard about the outbreak that's infecting dairy cows across the U.S. https://t.co/AWxqstNcB7
The H5N1 situation is changing rapidly. Here's another opportunity to hear the latest data/evidence from experts. @BhadeliaMD brings together top notch people. https://t.co/6q8Mh20Ue5
Usual increase in sick farm workers—on almost every farm with sick animals (with bird flu), veterinarian saw sick people, too—“It was just a surprise, of disbelief. We were actively checking on humans… ➡️I had people who never missed work, miss work.” 🤔 https://t.co/C4pB2RXTiV
Sen. Mitt Romney said he's "alarmed" by the spread of the bird flu virus and called on federal agencies to move quickly to contain the outbreak that has impacted dairy cows across the states. https://t.co/kVGT8iYsSt
After SARS-CoV-2 had *already* spread across the entire country in March 2020, the U.S. economy was shut down and coercive measures forced upon 330 million people. Now, with H5N1 *not yet* a major risk for regular people, the government is treating cattle farmers with kid gloves.
The U.S. may be missing human cases of bird flu, scientists say https://t.co/3pzMKL20Og
Bird flu likely circulated in US cows for four months before diagnosis -paper https://t.co/n0neCxjLI6 https://t.co/n0lxlwa9hL
Bird flu likely circulated in U.S. dairy cows on a limited basis for about four months before federal officials confirmed the disease that has now spread to nine states, according to a new federally funded research paper. https://t.co/bSZLJrfasX https://t.co/bSZLJrfasX
At the same time, on almost every farm with sick animals, Petersen said she saw sick people, too. “We were actively checking on humans,” Petersen said. “I had people who never missed work, miss work.” https://t.co/cT2vWIhUHh
"As we’ve reported, the CDC wants to deploy federal response teams to farms across the country in order to survey the health of dairy cows and farm workers in person, according to two state agriculture officials." https://t.co/9I19TGdENk
About That Human They Claim Got Bird Flu… …a new symptom of the bioweapon TrumpShots is revealed that seems to match the "bird flu" case of this human. https://t.co/0Xc42m0cIl
New: USDA scientists find that the H5N1 avian influenza entered cattle from wild birds via a single spillover, likely in December 2023. (From a preprint analysis of thousands of viral genomes, including 220 from US cattle) https://t.co/geFNsc1kQA
A USDA analysis shows the spread in cattle started from a single spillover event from birds in the Texas panhandle that may have happened in early December. https://t.co/7D6xuZi9e7
Bird flu virus circulated in cows for four months before outbreak confirmed by USDA, analysis shows https://t.co/mSKF9F3Gaq via @statnews
White House Press Secretary Makes Bird Flu Scare All About Herself It’s no secret that the globalists desperately want you to stop eating meat. It seems that Karine Jean-Pierre feels the exact same way. Now that bird flu (H5N1) is infecting dairy cows, many are left wondering… https://t.co/FKKmLIHRzy
A strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been silently spreading in US cattle for months https://t.co/gv5h8HCnGF
CDC and USDA answer questions about the bird flu outbreak in Texas, other states https://t.co/eYVgoOZ2Ds
Bird Flu: What's The Latest And How Worried Should We Be? https://t.co/Qqa5z4FNAk
Republican lawmakers from dairy states warn against alarm over H5N1 bird flu in cattle, and seek more federal assistance to farmers in key battleground states. https://t.co/X6aMht5l8y
WHO's Chief Scientist, Dr Farrar: "The great concern, of course, is that in doing so and infecting ducks and chickens but now increasingly mammals, that that virus (H5N1) now evolves and develops the ability to infect humans and the critically, the ability to go from human to… https://t.co/02EJasZbCL
H5N1 Transmission information and other analyses released by USDA as a preprint While nice to see an academic paper come from USDA and colleagues, its not good enough raw data + metadata should be made public so the scientific community can support https://t.co/of0toyIDwN
REVEALED: The foods that HAVE tested positive for bird flu - as vet says virus is now also infecting farm workers in Texas https://t.co/UssEEJ4xRt
It’s unacceptable that, after dealing with COVID and the baby formula shortage, our federal agencies have once again failed to address gaps in our public health knowledge and quickly disseminate accurate information on the emerging bird flu outbreak. https://t.co/o0R1qaGXxE
Bird Flu Alert- New Avian Influenza Variant Emerges! Could it Trigger the Next Pandemic https://t.co/6RsBKRn5iS
Great to see @USDA put up a preprint of what their analysis of what #H5N1 #birdflu genetic sequences tells us about the outbreak in dairy cows. Would be even greater if they shared enough data to let other scientists help in the effort. https://t.co/iloN177xL1
Doctors concerned about potential spread of bird flu in Canada https://t.co/zZdSB5yMgu
Tracking bird flu virus changes in cows is stymied by missing data, scientists say https://t.co/LtXVDY6u3Z via @statnews
Romney writes to federal health agencies about not moving quickly enough to contain bird flu: “Given your agencies’ recent experience with the COVID-19 pandemic and baby formula shortage, I am concerned that once again our federal government...appears to be caught flat-footed.”
But the scope of the outbreak among cattle remains uncertain, and little human testing has been done. https://t.co/nx4a2hquHE
Federal agencies have been caught flat-footed in understanding and containing the bird flu virus outbreak. The Administration needs to move swiftly to get ahead of this situation and reassure Americans that they—and our food supply—remain safe.https://t.co/o0R1qaGXxE
New "Osterholm Update" podcast episode! @mtosterholm & @cvdall discuss the spread of H5N1 avian flu in cows, #COVID19 trends, long COVID, the safety of raw milk & dairy products, & "This Week in Public Health History." Plus podcast team interviews! https://t.co/cCrriqn3hm https://t.co/Oye0AU1SFT
Too little and too late—that’s how many scientists see a set of measures ordered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to slow the unprecedented outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in dairy cows. https://t.co/4usQHn9ZKO
Texas vet who cares for 40,000 cattle said nearly every farm that had cows sick with bird flu also had sick workers. "I had people who never missed work, miss work." https://t.co/ckIBOBTyxf
cattle #h5n1 update!! very impressive analysis by the @USDA_APHIS team in such short time! single introduction ~4 months ago, cattle to mammal spills, spread through cattle movement. Wish the SI was available... can't find them on @biorxivpreprint https://t.co/uKkNyijHem
Well, it appears that USDA has finally taken more steps toward sharing more of the H5N1 cattle data. Really grateful to this research team for sharing this, though I hope they weren’t holding on to the data solely to ensure they published first. https://t.co/iHiLveGytp
Valuable commentary from colleagues @JHSPH_CHS and @JohnsHopkinsSPH on how to better protect workers on front lines of dairy industry, and how that protects the rest of society from the spillover of H5N1 https://t.co/2DYVsXwZ6m