Bird Flu Catch-all | Trump Admin delays reporting

[nycfan]

US bird flu response disrupted in early weeks of Trump administration, sources say​

• Summary

• CDC withheld bird flu reports, canceled meetings, sources say
• Trump's WHO withdrawal hampers information sharing, director says
• US detects more cases of bird flu in people and livestock

 

[nycfan]

After delay, CDC releases data signaling bird flu spread undetected in cows and people​

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/13/nx-s1-5296672/cdc-bird-flu-study-mmwr-veterinarians

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The first study on the H5N1 bird flu outbreak from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to make it to publication under the Trump administration came out Thursday.

The journal released data suggesting some spillovers from dairy cattle into humans have gone undetected, including in states where dairy herds have not tested positive.

This comes after a freeze in external communications that interrupted the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, or MMWR, a mainstay of public health communication. Publication on other topics resumed last week. …”

 

[nycfan]

One thing we learned from COVID, if you just ignore it, it will go away on its own.

 

[dukeman92]

Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[evrheel]

One thing we learned from COVID, if you just ignore it, it will go away on its own.

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