China - Ministry of Ag and Rural Affairs reports an H5 avian flu outbreak in wild birds, Senyi District, Nagqu City - May 31, 2024 flutrackers.com/forum/forum/ch… h/t Miyamoto Masakazu

US - USDA: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Detections in Livestock list by state dated May 31, 2024 - 69 entries flutrackers.com/forum/forum/un… h/t Pathfinder

US - CDC A( #H5N1 ) Bird Flu Response Update May 31, 2024 flutrackers.com/forum/forum/na… h/t Pathfinder

CDC: 05/31/2024: Lab Advisory: Enforcement Discretion Granted for the Use of Conjunctival Swabs with the CDC Human Influenza Virus Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, Influenza A/H5 Subtyping Kit flutrackers.com/forum/forum/na… h/t Commonground #H5N1

USDA-Updates on #H5N1 Beef Safety Studies: 'No viral particles were detected in 108 out of 109 muscle samples...As prev announced...viral particles were detected...from one cow. No meat from these dairy cattle entered the food supply.' flutrackers.com/forum/forum/na… h/t Commonground

Article:Bird flu can infect cats.What does that mean for their people?'having bf show up n domestic cats might give the virus a more intimate route for infecting peeps..peeps don’t usually cuddle chickens&cows the way they do kitties.' flutrackers.com/forum/forum/th… h/t Pathfinder #H5N1

US - CDC: Unpasteurized (Raw) Milk and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Advice for Healthcare Providers (Last Reviewed: May 31, 2024) flutrackers.com/forum/forum/na… h/t Pathfinder #H5N1

US - New York State Dept. of Agriculture Shares USDA Recommendations to Minimize Influenza Transmission at Dairy Cattle Livestock Exhibitions (3 documents) flutrackers.com/forum/forum/un… h/t Commonground #H5N1

US - Wastewater: 'During the two most recent weeks, (May 12–May 25),..total of 288 of 741 sites rpt data meeting criteria for analysis for flu A virus for both weeks or for either week, and 5 (2%) sites from 3 states were at a high level..' flutrackers.com/forum/forum/na… h/t Pathfinder

CDC - Information for Farm Workers Exposed to #H5N1 Bird Flu (Last Reviewed: May 30, 2024) flutrackers.com/forum/forum/na… h/t Pathfinder

US - Michigan: Another probable #H5N1 dairy herd - Ottawa county. Samples sent to USDA for confirmation. flutrackers.com/forum/forum/un… h/t Commonground

Sci Rep . Metformin is a potential therapeutic for COVID-19/LUAD by regulating glucose metabolism flutrackers.com/forum/forum/we… h/t tetano

AFD Blog `CDC: Key Public Health Prevention Recommendations for HPAI A(H5N1)' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2024/05/cdc-ke…

Covid continues to out-kill influenza. It’s still not yet “another cold,” Ziyad Al-Aly, MD tells me. While flu targets predominately the respiratory tract, Covid’s effects are more systemic. bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via Bloomberg

'Household contacts of the patient have not developed symptoms, are being monitored for illness, and have been offered oseltamivir. No other workers at the same farm have reported symptoms, and all staff are being monitored. There is no indication of person-to-person spread of

.Dept. of Agriculture confirms 2 more dairy herds with #H5N1 #birdflu infected cows. These are 2 herds from Michigan, which reported them earlier in the week. USDA & Michigan's numbers currently jibe. The cumulative national total is 69 herds in 9 states.
aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poul…

3rd case of #H5N1 #birdflu , this one in Michigan and this time symptoms are respiratory. If three have been found, there are sure to be others out there michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside-m…

This H5 virus is constantly at the human doorstep given the number of animal species that are now infected and how we interact with them. I still believe the current risk of human infection is low, but that could change overnight with reassortment of the virus in other species.

Nature Editorial: Panzootic HPAIV H5 and risks to novel mammalian hosts flutrackers.com/forum/forum/we… h/t Mary Wilson #H5N1

BMC Pulm Med . Persisting exercise ventilatory inefficiency in subjects recovering from COVID-19. Longitudinal data analysis 34 months post-discharge flutrackers.com/forum/forum/we… h/t tetano