Coming up….will be talking about one health and prevention of pandemics. Is it possible? In my view, we should try, but that is not simple. Scientifically it may be doable, politically is another level of complexity. Discuss rebalancing our footprint? belgian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/events/euro…

Press release: The Government is forcefully evicting over 20,000 Maasai around Kilimanjaro Airport. AntiAero Maria Sarungi Tsehai Tundu Antiphas Lissu Survival International Stop the blood-soaked ogress!

As of 9 May, high path. avian influenza H5N1 confirmed in dairy cows on 36 farms in the USA, up from 33 on 24 April: Texas (12), New Mexico (8), Michigan (6), Kansas (4), Idaho (2), Ohio (1), South Dakota (1), North Carolina (1), Colorado (1). #vogelgriep
aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poul…

Quick thread on the Astra Zeneca (AZ) covid vaccine since it's been in the news today.

TLDR there isn't a new 'smoking gun', the AZ vax was one of first and cheapest, it saved millions of lives globally, there are better vax out there now, adapted to new variants 1/9

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Following an incident in central London on the 24th of April where some of our soldiers and horses were injured, this is the latest update. (1/5)

Answers, or at least replies, to less frequently asked questions about highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in dairy cows; posed by Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 and Megan Molteni in STAT. #vogelgriep

🗣️ “Desde que o Patrimônio Mundial foi declarado, nossa vida fica cada dia mais difícil.”

Kampu, um jovem indígena do povo Karen (Tailândia), descreve a situação desesperadora que seu povo está vivendo desde que a sua terra foi declarada um Patrimônio Mundial.

#VozIndígena

Congratulations Dr Mya-Rose Craig on your well deserved recognition!!

Today APHA’s CEO and the UK's Chief Veterinary Officer welcomed the Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (World Organisation for Animal Health) to a special event at APHA Weybridge celebrating the UK's work on #AnimalHealth to mark WOAH's centenary.
Defra UK #WOAH100

Out of 33 dairy farms in 8 U.S. states (+1 dairy farm in Colorado), 23 people have been tested for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by states. Less than 1 person per farm. This seems a clear answer to the question: “Are we testing enough for H5N1?”
medpagetoday.com/special-report…

Joint WHO/FAO/WOAH risk assessment. Risk to humans still considered low, but obviously the virus seems unstoppable who.int/publications/m…

This #NationalParkWeek , let's talk about the violent histories of National Parks. Horrific abuses and evictions of Indigenous peoples continue in National Parks and at World Heritage Sites globally— learn more about this 👉 svlint.org/Unescoreport

Let's jump back in time to 2015.

Where they identified that, surprise, surprise...

✅ Little shown respiratory symptoms for infected cows.

✅ A HUGE reduction of milk production.

And they cite studies back in 1997 and 1998 showing the same thing.

Why weren't these studies discussed by the CDC?

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 Alexander Tin, is what I would be asking. Thank you either way!
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Source study, pay to play.
bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Free to learn:
sci-hub.3800808.com/10.1136/vr.145…

And thank you all for reading!

This #NationalParkWeek , let's talk about the violent histories of National Parks. Horrific abuses and evictions of Indigenous peoples continue in National Parks and at World Heritage Sites globally— learn more about this 👉 svlint.org/Unescoreport

Reminder:

If you would like to analyze bovine H5N1 influenza A virus consensus sequences from SRA data shared by USDA APHIS , 👾 Karthik has assembled them and we have shared them here.

Please repost (if willing).

github.com/andersen-lab/a…

Apologies if I sound harsh in my comment about H5N1 public genomic data. It is such an important global question and now it is weeks and weeks of mention of widespread cases in mammals in the USA and data not public. Public data is the cornerstone of public health response.

New and stricter rules in the USA as of 29 April 2024 for:
(1) mandatory testing for interstate movement of dairy cattle for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, and
(2) mandatory reporting in any livestock of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1.

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