Health officials in Missouri are investigating potential human-to-human transmission of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1), also known as bird flu. A hospitalized patient with unusual symptoms may have infected a household member and six health care workers, all of whom developed mild symptoms. While the cause is still unconfirmed, this could indicate the virus may be spreading more easily among people.
The few who had symptoms did not develop serious illnesses, and the their symptoms have subsequently resolved. The potential for human-to- human transmission is being evaluated.The last time I reported on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported aBefore this report, all human bird flu infections were confined to poultry workers, dairy farmers, and cattle ranchers.
Investigators have not yet confirmed whether any of those seven individuals were infected with the virus, called H5N1, leaving open the possibility that they had Covid or some other illness with flulike symptoms.To give an idea of the scope of the investigation, 18 health-care workers have been identified as having high-risk exposure to the patient, and 94 others had contact that was considered low-risk, the CDC said.
While the bird flu doesn’t seem to be progressing in its bid to be the designated killer pandemic for this election season, the Biden administration insists that increasing egg prices are “Bird flu is the number one reason for higher prices, absolutely,” Phil Lempert, a grocery industry analyst, told CNN.
…It is still unclear how the virus got into the state, but genetic sequencing suggests the virus is similar to that found in infected cattle in other states — and that it did not come from wild birds. Under the multi-year contract CSL will deliver its MF59 adjuvant, an ingredient that can be used to manufacture vaccines against the H5 avian influenza virus.The funding is part of a partnership with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority .
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