Heidi Pecoraro (DVM/PhD)

RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread (Gift Article) The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.

rfk jr's attitude toward anyone or thing that gets sick is "if he dies, he dies."

Our favorite NP.

Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time, USDA reports The latest bird flu detections come as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to rehire bird flu experts​ that were fired as part of DOGE cost-cutting efforts.

H5N1 confirmed in 4 black rats in Riverside County, CA, which had recent poultry outbreaks.

"The latest bird flu discoveries come as the USDA is trying to rehire bird flu experts that the agency recently fired as part of cost-cutting based on recommendations from...DOGE."

BREAKING: VIRUS FROM NEVADA DAIRY WORKER WITH BIRD FLU HAS THE SAME GENETIC MUTATION seen in the Nevada cows – a change of PB2 D701N that has previously been assoc with more efficient virus replication in ppl & mammals.

CDC told Fortune that the D1.1 variant in this worker is the same strain of

Smart choice. There are many respiratory viruses out there besides influenza and COVID that can ruin a vacay. Enjoy the time off!!

CDC says H5N1 bird flu sample shows mutations that may help the virus bind to cells in the upper airways of people The CDC said Thursday that the mutations, detected in a sample taken from a Louisiana patient, may help bind the virus to the upper airways in people.

More HPAI news.

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Merry Christmas!

Could Cats Become a Vector for Bird Flu? (Gift Article) A new study highlights the need for public health officials to ramp up bird flu surveillance in our feline companions.

Article discusses parts of a new paper on HPAI in cats. You can link to the paper from the article as well.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/h...

Sunrise today. After a week of morning temps in the teens and negative wind chills, it was finally warm enough (30F) to walk the pups.

It is in dairy cattle. Not just wildlife.

Leavenworth?

Boop nose syndrome

This exactly. There was a reason why there were so many bullies in our childhood movies. Many people of our generation sucked then and they suck now.

Human-to-human transmission worries rise after Californian child potentially contracts avian flu from unknown source Days after a Canadian teenager was diagnosed with the H5N1 avian flu virus, the United States’ California reported another potential case of bird flu in a child

There have been two recent cases of HPAI in children. As a veterinarian in the public health sphere (and previous influenza researcher), I am becoming increasingly nervous about spillover and sustained transmission among humans.

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West coast granola going to school at east coast conservative school. Early 1990s.

In my hometown for a conference and found my happy place.

The main gate of the former Auschwitz I camp with the 'Arbeit macht frei inscription.

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Please consider following @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social where every day we commemorate the victims & educate about the tragic human history of Auschwitz.

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