Bird flu virus circulated in cows for 4 months before outbreak confirmed by USDA, analysis shows - STAT apple.news/AMFSZcs3FQmOoX…

Top marks for patient safety! #UCSDHealth hospitals in La Jolla and Hillcrest once again earned #HospitalSafety A grades from The Leapfrog Group. Thanks to our outstanding teams for their commitment to quality, safety and transparency in health care. health.ucsd.edu/about-us/quali…

UC San Diego Researchers Honored as Prebys Research Heroes

'The Conrad Prebys Foundation is providing $1.5 million in total to support high-risk, high-reward medical research UC San Diego UC San Diego Health

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Emergence and interstate spread of HPAI A(H5N1) in dairy cattle

Important release from USDA. The most recent common ancestor analysis estimated as Dec 9, 2023 (95% HPD, October 12, 2023, to January 26, 2024). And so much more information in manuscript.

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Congratulations to the health leaders recognized in #TIME100Health and a special shout out to Amy Kirby, who leads CDC #NWSS program, for her work to make #wastewater surveillance an essential part of public health.

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Great to see Dept. of Agriculture put up a preprint of what their analysis of what #H5N1 #birdflu genetic sequences tells us about the outbreak in dairy cows. Would be even greater if they shared enough data to let other scientists help in the effort. statnews.com/2024/05/02/bir…

More bugs are coming, spreading more disease. Are doctors ready to respond?

'As the climate changes, vector-borne diseases like dengue, Zika, and Lyme are expanding into more areas. That challenges physicians to recognize the symptoms.'UC Center for Climate, Health and Equity

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Chairman of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Robert Aderholt understands the #valueofID .

Thank you, Chairman Aderholt, for your support.

FDA finds no live H5N1 avian flu virus in sour cream or cottage cheese, will assess raw milk

“So far, the FDA has tested 297 total retail dairy samples.”

Still testing raw milk and beef.

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New twist in the #H5N1 #birdflu in cows reporting saga. Dept. of Agriculture has upped the number of reported outbreaks to 36 in 9 states. The 2 newly reported outbreaks occurred in NM & were apparently confirmed on or before April 17, but only posted publicly today.
What's up with that?

Measles and rubella vaccine microneedle patch in The Gambia

“In infants, 93% seroconverted to measles and 100% to rubella following patch administration, while 90% and 100% seroconverted to measles and rubella respectively, after MRV-SC.” Patch works👏 thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Patients with serious infections who are cared for by an ID physician have better outcomes, shorter hospital stays & lower healthcare costs, shares Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. during today's House Appropriations and House Appropriations Democrats 'Member Day' hearing.

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H5N1-what we’re learning about infection in cows

So many questions:”How are cows getting infected? Are they transmitting cow to cow, or are human actions serving as amplifier of transmission?How might people be at risk? Does milk pose a hazard?” statnews.com/2024/04/30/h5n…

H5 influenza A in municipal wastewater solids spring, 2024

As expected flu in wastewater in late April was H5: 'Plants located in state w/outbreaks in dairy cattle. Discharges containing animal waste, including milk permitted to discharge into sewers.'
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WHO COVID vaccine advisers recommend switch to JN.1 strain

The FDA's vaccine advisory group will discuss the make-up of 2024-2025 vaccines at its meeting on May 16.

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HPAI (H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Infection in Domestic Dairy Cattle and Cats🇺🇸2024

Dairy cattle had “apparent systemic illness, ⬇️milk production, and abundant virus in milk. Death rate (≈50%) of cats on farm fed raw colostrum/milk.” New finding-🐈w/blindness. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30…

There’s never a good time to drink raw milk. But now’s a really bad time as bird flu infects cows

“Some milk testing has shown a Ct value of below 10, (for H5N1) Kuiken said.”⚠️⚠️

That is a LOT of virus to risk drinking in raw milk. 🥛

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The Northern cardinal eggs in the nest 🪺 on our porch hatched today 💕💕
Mom and babies well. Dad seems confused.⁦Courtney Ellis 🎈⁩

Perfect Sunday morning made all the more perfect because these were made by my husband 💕

And we’re off! 🏗️Thank you to all who came out to celebrate groundbreaking for the new UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital at Parnassus Heights! Info: ucsfh.org/4dgWMSz