Mark Naniot remembers 2022 as the summer from hell. As the co-founder of Wild Instincts animal rescue in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, Naniot and his team spent the season sweating in gloves, gowns, smocks and masks and going through what felt like endless rounds of disinfection as they moved between the cages of the sick and injured […]
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A Combined Flu and COVID-19 Shot May Be Coming
Credit – Getty Images As much as we’d like to think that COVID-19 is behind us, the virus isn’t going anywhere. Health officials continue to recommend that people get vaccinated for both COVID-19 and influenza every year for the foreseeable future, and high hospitalization rates for COVID-19 in the past winter were a reminder that […]
Moderna’s combo COVID and flu shot offers strong immunity in older adults during late stage trial
Moderna’s combo flu and COVID vaccine provided a strong immune response in older adults, with levels comparable to getting the flu and COVID shots separately, according to the company’s results from a late-stage clinical trial. There are still multiple steps required before the shot would become available. Moderna would need to apply to the FDA […]
US to research possible respiratory spread of bird flu in cows
By Leah Douglas, P.J. Huffstutter and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -U.S. federal and state agencies are planning research into potential respiratory spread of bird flu among dairy cattle, according to a Reuters interview with Michigan state agriculture and public health officials. Scientists and government officials hope the research will guide efforts to contain the virus and […]
Texas bird flu strain kills ferrets used to mimic disease in humans, US CDC says
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The bird flu virus strain that infected a Texas dairy farm worker in March was lethal to ferrets in experiments designed to mimic the disease in humans, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Friday. Seasonal flu, by contrast, makes ferrets sick but does not kill […]
What to know about the first human case of H5N2 bird flu
A man in Mexico died with one form of bird flu, but US officials remain focused on another
Bird flu outbreak reported in Minnesota dairy herd, the state’s first
By P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas (Reuters) -The ongoing U.S. outbreak of avian flu in dairy cattle reached Minnesota on Thursday as the state announced its first infected herd. More than 80 dairy herds have been infected with the virus across 11 states since late March, and three dairy workers have tested positive for the […]
Humans can catch bird flu, but not easily. What experts say about symptoms and risks
Three people in the United States — all of them dairy farm workers — have tested positive for bird flu this year amid the outbreak among dairy cattle, and the U.S. government is ramping up efforts to keep the virus from spreading further. Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, is hardly a new virus, […]
Man in Mexico died of a bird flu strain that hadn’t been confirmed before in a human, WHO says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man’s death in Mexico was caused by a strain of bird flu called H5N2 that has never before been found in a human, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The WHO said it wasn’t clear how the man became infected, although H5N2 has been reported in poultry in Mexico. There are […]
Humans can catch bird flu, but not easily. What experts say about symptoms and risks
Three people in the United States — all of them dairy farm workers — have tested positive for bird flu this year amid the outbreak among dairy cattle, and the U.S. government is ramping up efforts to keep the virus from spreading further. Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, is hardly a new virus, […]