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Getting closer to 1918, folks. Scientists isolated #H5N1 from the eyes of a dairy worker, and it efficiently infected alveolar epithelial cells. Those alveoli cells are deep in your lungs, and are the primary

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#H5N1 Emails Reveal How Health Departments Struggle To Track Human Cases of Bird Flu: some farm owners resisting monitoring of employees for signs of bird flu, making it challenging to track case numbers, severity, changes in symptoms or infectivity. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/b…

APHIS #H5N1 Confirms 2 Layer Farms 10/15/24 Franklin Co WA 839,700 hens Cache Co UT 1,852,900 hens Franklin owned by Oakdale Egg Farms near Pasco media reports w/ video 8 H5N1 presump pos cullers (5 CDC conf so far) genetics descr as NOT B3.13 largest H5N1 clust in US hist 1/2

@bielleogy Please come tell us all about it in the science 🧪 feed on bluesky!

.@USDA confirms 3 dairy herds in California have tested positive for #H5N1 #birdflu. Interesting to see them push this out on a holiday. aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poul…

@EricHastie I would share all of the teaching materials I have created with anyone interested, for free.

If you made videos for your lab-based class, would you share them with other lab classes free of charge. Curious.

But it’s just a cold, right? 🤷🏽‍♂️

The top 1% have never had it so good. They are making money hand over fist. At the same time, weekly wages for the average worker are nearly $50 less than they were 50 years ago. What does that say about American economic policy?

@EmJayNabuurs Antihistamines.

Doesn’t matter which rapid test I tried, my middle & I are C19 +ve 😞. Have Reactine, Betadine, Vit D, mouthwash w CPC, have been isolating since we got symptoms, using purifiers and open windows. Will try for Metformin (but doc is a minimizer so…). Missing anything?

According to the WHO clade 1 Mpox is now a GLOBAL health emergency, and the incubation period can be up to 21 days According to the UK govt list of HCIDs clade 1 Mpox is airborne In months there’ll be a lot of people with Mpox saying “but we didn’t know” Yeah we did - mask NOW

Just a reminder, unlike Pfizer & Moderna, Novavax targets S2 The stable part of the Spike protein The part that doesn't vary between mutations More & more that appears to be a good thing 👏👏👏 .@Novavax

This has never been more true than today.

@CoronaHeadsUp There i fixed it.

BREAKING: Pete and Chasten are headed to the key swing state of Wisconsin today to campaign for @KamalaHarris. This is great news.

@bunsenbernerbmd Thank goodness! My mother had something similar in her neck last year - almost killed her. They called it a laryngocoel. A new one on me.

Great news! No, amazing news and happy tears! The vet team removed the mass completely and Bunsen survived. A smaller dog, a weaker dog may not have made it. Bunsen did. They've never seen anything like the fluid sac before, but Bunsen is resting comfortably and healing. Your prayers and well wishes came through. Much love to everyone. We might get to see Bunsen tonight. We have hope that he has a full recovery. ♥️

The world's in a better place vis-a-vis #mpox vaccine production than it was in 2022, during the clade IIb international outbreak. But there are still limits on supplies. @BavarianNordic CEO laid out their numbers for @statnews. statnews.com/2024/08/16/bav…

@HelenBranswell @CDCgov CDC didn’t record pediatric flu deaths until 2004? Wow.

.@CDCgov was notified of 5 more pediatric #flu deaths that occurred during the 2023-24 season, all caused by flu B viruses. The deaths occurred between mid-Feb & mid-April. The season's total is now 193, the 3rd highest seasonal toll since CDC started recording in 2004-05. cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

This didn't take long: Sweden reports a case of clade I (I'm guessing clade Ib) #mpox, in someone who traveled to "an affected region." Clade Ib is the version of the virus transmitting from person to person. h/t @HmpxvT dn.se/direkt/2024-08…