Category: Avian Flu

Here comes our 19th nervous breakdown

~ susie

•••••••BREAKING•••••••The measles crisis in West Texas has claimed the life of a second child.The 8-year-old girl died early Thursday morning of “measles pulmonary failure” at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/h…

— Stephanie Kennedy (@wordswithsteph.bsky.social) 2025-04-06T13:09:22.498Z

THIS IS TERRIFYING‼️Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines.He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-04-05T02:34:51.361Z

Second bird flu strain found in US dairy cattle, USDA says

~ susie

I’m sure Bob Kennedy’s all over this:

Feb 5 (Reuters) – U.S. dairy cattle tested positive for a strain of bird flu that previously had not been seen in cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday, ramping up concerns about the persistent spread of the virus.

The H5N1 virus has reduced milk output in cattle, pushed up egg prices by wiping out millions of hens, and infected nearly 70 people since April as it has spread across the country.

Genome sequencing of milk from Nevada identified the different strain, known as the D1.1 genotype, in dairy cows for the first time, the USDA said. Previously, all 957 bird flu infections among dairy herds reported since last March had been caused by another strain, the B3.13 genotype, according to the agency.