Belgium is also struggling with the virus, with multiple infections detected across the country in recent weeks.

A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of penguins and other seabirds

On Tuesday, February 25, the NGA Center for Best Practices hosted a State and Territorial Leader Advisor Call, where attendees learned more about current H5N1 trends from the Johns Hopkins Center for Outbreak Response and Innovation (CORI). State representatives from Colorado, Louisianna and Pennsylvania presented on surveillance, public health actions, and overall emergency preparedness and response to H5N1 Avian Flu.

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Manx Care says it wants to lower the risk of handlers getting human and avian flu at the same time.

Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.

No current vaccine meets the full criteria for deployment to tackle the UK's ongoing bird flu outbreak, the avian influenza vaccination task force says.

Plans to use vaccination to prevent avian influenza in poultry flocks have been turned down, the UK avian influenza vaccination task force has confirmed.

Northeast Roundup: Delaware producers are eligible for a crop insurance premium discount; dairy survey launched in Pennsylvania.

The resurgence of avian flu at two animal slaughter markets in Queens has renewed urgent calls to shut down densely packed wet markets.

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) appreciates that the US Department of Agriculture has developed a revised strategy to address the staggering impacts of the current bird flu outbreak, yet the five-point plan continues to incentivize producers to maintain massive flock sizes and overcrowded conditions that encourage disease transmission while undermining animal welfare.

Ohio has lost 15.5 million commercial poultry birds and reported its first suspected human bird flu case last month

Scientists weigh in on the spread of H5N1 and highlight clues that portend what might come next

Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (also known as bird flu) have created a need for rapid and sensitive detection methods to mitigate its spread. Now, researchers have developed a prototype sensor that detects a type of influenza virus that causes bird flu (H5N1) in air samples. The low-cost handheld sensor detects the virus at levels below an infectious dose and could lead to rapid aerosol testing for airborne avian influenza.

The Verdict The goal of the study was to identify H5N1 virus mutations to predict their pandemic potential and develop early countermeasures. The context

The deadly strain of H5N1 has been found across Europe, in North America, parts of West Africa, and even Japan among poultry and wild birds, as well as mammals such as cattle, domestic cats, dogs, foxes, tigers, leopards, and seals.

Hungary is the country most affected, with 13 new flock infections.

Leading scientists are warning that H5N1 bird flu's spread through dairy cattle and recent human infections demands urgent pandemic preparations. The virus has already achieved something alarming – successfully jumping…

Arcturus Therapeutics believes it’s “highly unlikely” it will lose the promised government funding for its bird flu mRNA vaccine trial, despite reports swirling that Moderna’s own financial support | Arcturus believes it’s “highly unlikely” it will lose the government funding for its mRNA bird flu vaccine trial, despite rumors swirling that Moderna’s funding will be revoked.

Birds that died from the H5N1 strain of avian bird flu have been found in three lakes located in northern Greece—Kerkini, Mikri Prespa, and Cheimaditida.

"The risk of H5 infection to the general population continues to remain low," said County Commissioner and Health Liason Shaun C. Van Doren.

The milk tested negative for H5N1, but advocates say a slow response highlights gaps in the state's bird flu response.

H5N1 bird flu detected in San Bernardino County; public health officials say risk is low and urge precautions.

Avian flu remains a highly dangerous virus which is "constantly adapting."

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The recent spillover events of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b to dairy cattle, and high viral shedding in the milk from infected animals, has created concern that milk and dairy products could be a route for human infection. It has been demonstrated that pasteurization is effective in inactivating A(H5N1) in milk. However, multiple dairy products are made with unpasteurized but thermised milk. The aim of this study was to examine whether some conditions commonly used for thermisation are effective against inactivation of A(H5N1) in whole milk. For this purpose, we artificially inoculated whole raw cow milk with 6.5 log10 EID50 A(H5N1) and heated for 15 seconds at 60°C, 63°C and 66°C, the viral infectivity was tested using embryonated chicken eggs. We observed over 4 and 5 log10 reduction in viral infectivity at 60°C and 63°C, respectively. The viral infectivity was reduced to below the detection limit at 66°C. We also calculated the D-values, the time required to reduce the viral titer by one log10, for each treatment and as expected, we observed a decrease in D-values with increasing thermisation temperature. These data demonstrate that thermisation is effective in reducing the viral load and thus they allow for informed risk assessment of A(H5N1) contaminated dairy products made from thermized milk. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.