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Texas Tech’s BTRL confirmed the first human case of HPAI A (H5N1) transmitted from a dairy cow, marking a significant milestone in understanding the virus’s
A Texas dairy worker who was diagnosed with bird flu after coming in contact with sick cows experienced bleeding in both of his eyes, a disturbing new image shows, with fluid oozing from one of them.
Timothy M. Uyeki, MD, MPH, MPP Concerns about a severe influenza season that might overwhelm health care systems already overburdened by the surge of patients with COVID-19 have not been realized. The 2020-2021 influenza season has been characterized by unusually low circulation of influenza viruses in the US. From September 2020 through the week ending May 15, 2021, only 0.051% of 485 637 respiratory specimens tested and reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were positive for influenza viruses at US public health laboratories and only 0.18% of 1 054 101 respir...