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'We know that some of the workers sought medical care for influenza-like illness and conjunctivitis at the same time the H5N1 was ravaging the dairy farms,' says Dr. Gregory Gray UTMB Health who has started collecting samples from affected dairy farms

.⁦NPR⁩ ⁦Will Stone⁩ gets to the heart of 4 key questions that remain unsolved in current nationwide H5N1 avian flu outbreak among dairy cattle.

Rapid sharing of all data by USG agencies will go far to help answer these questions faster. npr.org/sections/healt…

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Richard Webby went to his local store to get milk, thinking it could be a negative control for his work on #H5N1 .

It ended up being positive. Didn't stop him from keeping the milk in his fridge, but lots of questions about how widespread this is.

1/ No live virus found in pasteurized milk from #H5N1 infected cows.

The Director of NIH's National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases reported that, while researchers could recover genome fragments (which we knew from yesterday), they were unable to culture virus.

Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) fda.gov/food/alerts-ad…

The testing approach to H5N1 in cattle (in the link) needs to change substantially. USDA APHIS may be doing what it can now with minimal resources, but testing needs to expand, get simpler, more available and transparent.
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More US states are finding bird flu in cattle. This is what scientists are watching for npr.org/sections/healt… Will Stone @npr

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North Carolina is the seventh state to detect the virus in a dairy herd.

Scientists are watching for any troubling signs of viral evolution.

USDA officials suspect 'mechanical transmission' is helping spread the virus among cattle

The latest:
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Here's what worries scientists about bird flu's spread among cattle, by Will Stone npr.org/sections/healt… via @NPRhealth #AvianInfluenza

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'The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is reporting the first human case of novel avian influenza A(H5N1) in Texas... the patient’s primary symptom was conjunctivitis.'

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What's the best time to exercise? It's down to your clock, say kaesser Juleen R. Zierath Katja Lamia (she/her) @wstonereports:

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Our muscle clocks are wild!

They help guide metabolism + can be trained to coincide with when we exercise. The clocks may be one reason athletic performance tends to vary throughout the day.

More from kaesser Juleen R. Zierath Katja Lamia (she/her)

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No, we can't say intermittent fasting leads people to drop dead from heart attacks.
My entire feed was full of people talking about a study that purported to show that.

Oh, come on. That study tells us exactly nothing. Move on.

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A timely episode of Science Friday Science Friday on this #LongCovidAwarenessDay . I got to discuss pathophysiology, and the need for heightened awareness of #longCOVID , funding, research, support, prevention and treatment with the awesome Hannah Davis👇🏽

On NPR All Things Considered Julia MV and I talk to Will Stone about where we stand on #LongCovid

We made progress; but people suffering from Long Covid need treatment

We need larger & faster trials to identify effective treatment for Long Covid

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A simple blood test can detect colorectal cancer early, study finds:

The results of a clinical trial, published Wednesday, in The New England Journal of Medicine, show that the blood-based screening test detects 83% of people with colorectal cancer.

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What does psychosis feel like from the inside?
That man talking to himself -- what was he like as a child?
“Why are people who are so visibly, obviously mentally ill just ... out here? We have answers.”
Listen to this great new podcast: Lost Patients.
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