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Stuff you need to know, 4.5.24

Today’s intelligence from state and/or national reporting

“Is Bird Flu Coming to People Next? Are We Ready?”
by Apoorva Mandavilli, The New York Times
April 5, 2024

Bird flu outbreaks among dairy cows in multiple states, and at least one infection in a Texas farmworker, have incited fears that the H5N1 virus may be the next infectious threat to people. Because this virus has been studied for years, vaccines and treatments are available should they ever become necessary.

Click on the above link to read this gift-access report.

“Here’s what to watch for avian flu symptoms in backyard flocks and other domestic animals”
by Danielle Prokop, Source NM
April 5, 2024

With the discovery of avian flu in dairy cows across six states, including New Mexico, stepped-up hygiene and measures to keep possibly infected wild birds from contact with domestic animals and pets should be undertaken as a preventative. The risk for human caregivers also remains low by taking the proper precautions.

Click on the above link to read this free-access article.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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One comment

  1. From the linked article (SOURCE NM linked in the NY Times piece):

    “The patient’s primary symptom was conjunctivitis, or eye redness, according to the alert.”

    Pinkeye.

    The man had pinkeye.

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