1/12 🚨Bird Flu "Endemic In Cows"🚨
New outbreaks hit Nevada & Arizona.
Experts warn virus containment is failing while Trump administration cuts key staff and funding.
Here's what you need to know about this escalating crisis...
#PublicHealth #BirdFlu #Science #H5N1 #GovCanHealth #CPHOCanada
New outbreaks hit Nevada & Arizona.
Experts warn virus containment is failing while Trump administration cuts key staff and funding.
Here's what you need to know about this escalating crisis...
#PublicHealth #BirdFlu #Science #H5N1 #GovCanHealth #CPHOCanada
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Can we contain this virus without proper funding, staffing, & coordinated response?
Experts say intervention is crucial, but current policy shifts point the other way.
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/22/bird-flu-virus-trump?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#PublicHealth #H5N1
• Peak flu season ongoing
• Vaccination campaigns halted
• "Informed consent" ads replacing vaccination push
• Independent vaccine advisers meeting postponed
#Vaccines #PublicHealth
• Virus continues to adapt
• Multiple species now affected
• Healthcare systems stressed
• Reduced monitoring capacity
• Limited intervention options
#Science #Healthcare
• Moving away from containment
• Rejecting traditional culling approach
• Proposing "smarter perimeter" with "biosecurity and medication"
Details remain unclear.
#Policy #Agriculture
• Multiple outbreaks simultaneously
• Limited surveillance
• Reduced expert staffing
• Funding cuts
• Policy shifts away from containment
#PublicHealth #Policy
• Nevada case shows concerning genetic changes
• Could lead to better human-to-human transmission
• Multiple variants now in cow populations
• Risk of viral reassortment rising
#Virology #Science
• 3 of 150 tested vets showed H5N1 infection
• One vet from state with NO cow cases
• Michigan study: Dairy workers may have infected house cats
Hidden spread wider than thought.
#Epidemiology #Research
1. Bird fluids contact with udders
2. Contaminated feed leading to systemic infection
3. Human intermediaries spreading virus
Scientists racing to understand spread patterns.
#Science #Research
• CDC experts being purged
• Seasonal flu vaccination campaigns halted
• WHO data sharing stopped
• Scientific funding threatened
Experts warn: containment efforts weakening.
#Policy #Healthcare
• Worst flu season in 15 years
• Healthcare systems under pressure
• Harder to detect rare variants
• Higher risk of dangerous viral mutations
Perfect storm of concerning factors.
#Healthcare #PublicHealth
• New H5N1 variant (D1.1) found in dairy cows
• Multiple states affected
• One death in Louisiana
• Teen severely ill in BC
• Nevada dairy worker infected
And the virus is mutating.
#Health #Outbreak