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keywords: avian influenza, Influenza Virus

OSHA Guidance Update on Protecting Employees from Avian Flu (Avian Influenza) Viruses

OSHA

Iincludes Guidance for Poultry Employees , Animal Handlers other than Poultry Employees, Laboratory Employees, Healthcare Workers Who Treat Patients with Known or Suspected AI, Guidance for Food Handlers, etc.

keywords: avian influenza, bird flu, dairy workers, H5N1, Influenza Virus, poultry workers

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection of Indoor Domestic Cats Within Dairy Industry Worker Households — Michigan, May 2024

CDC / MMWR

20 February 2025

Naraharisetti R, Weinberg M, Stoddard B, et al.
HPAI A(H5N1) virus was detected in two indoor domestic cats with respiratory and neurologic illness that lived in homes of dairy workers but had no known direct exposure to HPAI A(H5N1)–affected farms.

keywords: avian influenza, bird flu, cats, H5N1, HPAI, Influenza Virus

Notes from the Field: Seroprevalence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5) Virus Infections Among Bovine Veterinary Practitioners — United States, September 2024

CDC / MMWR

13 February 2025

Leonard J, Harker EJ, Szablewski CM, et al.
These findings suggest the possible benefit of systematic surveillance for rapid identification of HPAI A(H5) virus in dairy cattle, milk, and humans who are exposed to cattle to ensure appropriate hazard assessments.

keywords: avian influenza, bird flu, dairy cows, H5N1, HPAI, Influenza Virus

Are we serologically prepared against an avian influenza pandemic and could seasonal flu vaccines help us?

ASM Journals

17 January 2025

I Sanz-Muñoz, et al.
In this prospective observational study, immune protection against H5N1 and H7N9 avian influenza virus (AIV) was almost absent prior to vaccination. However, seasonal influenza vaccines induced a seroprotective response against the H5N1 subtype in nearly 15% of younger individuals.

keywords: AI, avian influenza, bird flu, H5N1, Influenza Virus, vaccine

Cat and Dog Food Manufacturers Required to Consider H5N1 in Food Safety Plans

FDA

17 January 2025

Bird flu has been found in domestic and wild cats in several states. At this time it is known that H5N1 can be transmitted to cats and dogs when they eat products from infected poultry or cattle (e.g., unpasteurized milk, uncooked meat, or unpasteurized eggs) that have not undergone a processing step that is capable of inactivating the virus, such as pasteurizing, cooking or canning.

keywords: animal food, avian influenza, bird flu, H5N1, Influenza Virus, unpasteurized milk

First H5 Bird Flu Death Reported in United States (NEW 2/10, Website, News)

CDC Newsroom

6 January 2025

Outside the United States, more than 950 cases of H5N1 bird flu have been reported to the World Health Organization; about half of those have resulted in death.

keywords: avian influenza, bird flu, H5N1, Influenza Virus

Marked neurotropism and potential adaptation of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4.b virus in naturally infected domestic cats

Emerging Microbes and Infections

17 December 2024

In April 2024, ten cats died in a rural South Dakota (SD) residence, showing respiratory and neurological symptoms. Necropsy and laboratory testing of two cats confirmed H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b infection.

keywords: avian influenza, bird flu, cats, H5N1, Influenza Virus