Profile avatar
vetpathdr.bsky.social
Veterinary pathologist. Specialized in infectious and zoonotic diseases. Focused on One Health and the interconnectedness of animals, humans, and the environment.
15 posts 331 followers 886 following
Regular Contributor

rfk jr's attitude toward anyone or thing that gets sick is "if he dies, he dies."

H5N1 confirmed in 4 black rats in Riverside County, CA, which had recent poultry outbreaks. "The latest bird flu discoveries come as the USDA is trying to rehire bird flu experts that the agency recently fired as part of cost-cutting based on recommendations from...DOGE."

BREAKING: VIRUS FROM NEVADA DAIRY WORKER WITH BIRD FLU HAS THE SAME GENETIC MUTATION seen in the Nevada cows – a change of PB2 D701N that has previously been assoc with more efficient virus replication in ppl & mammals. CDC told Fortune that the D1.1 variant in this worker is the same strain of

More HPAI news. www.statnews.com/2024/12/26/c...

Merry Christmas!

Article discusses parts of a new paper on HPAI in cats. You can link to the paper from the article as well. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/h...

Sunrise today. After a week of morning temps in the teens and negative wind chills, it was finally warm enough (30F) to walk the pups.

There have been two recent cases of HPAI in children. As a veterinarian in the public health sphere (and previous influenza researcher), I am becoming increasingly nervous about spillover and sustained transmission among humans. www.downtoearth.org.in/amp/story/he...

In my hometown for a conference and found my happy place.

We are on @bsky.app. Please consider following @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social where every day we commemorate the victims & educate about the tragic human history of Auschwitz. Repost please.