Bird Flu currently found in wild birds being monitored in Ireland, is causing conservation groups to use the words alarming, devastation and unprecedented.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglyrzx8rz7o
Bird Flu was found in samples of milk found on grocery shelves sold in the U.S.
Are officials alarmed? Not really. Maybe?
It's a "finding that does not necessarily suggest a threat to human health but indicates the avian flu virus is more widespread among dairy herds than previously thought, according to two public health officials and a public health expert who was briefed on the issue."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04/23/bird-flu-virus-milk/
I think this is a hit for someone
US to pay for development of a bird flu vaccine
https://apnews.com/article/bird-flu-moderna-vaccine-mrna-pandemic-7f15d8d274a24d89fa86e2f57e13cbff
Unsurprisingly, the current administration is exerting unprecedented control over what the CDC can report including in their go their independent flagship scientific medical journal. The MMWR ranks among the most cited health journals in the world. The White House Administration has stalled the release of 3 important bird flu studies for weeks including one where the CDC accidentally (maybe?) released a table of one study because of a glitch on Thursday and immediately had to take it down. That study apparently found a dairy worker likely transferred bird flu to his 2 indoor cats. It has yet to be released.
Today NY closed live poultry markets because of a large outbreak. Over 22.8 million birds have been affected over the past 30 days in the U.S.. People are even stealing eggs as they are becoming scarce in some areas of the country.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/bird-flu-outbreak-has-americans-desperate-for-eggs/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-officials-influence-cdc-mmwr/