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Mashup Score: 55Note about availability of H5N1 2.3.4.4b consensus sequences from cattle and other species: - 12 hour(s) ago
On Sunday, April 21st, 2024, “in the interest of public transparency and ensuring the scientific community has access to this information as quickly as possible to encourage disease research and development to benefit the U.S. dairy industry”, the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shared H5N1 sequence reads from 239 Biosamples related to the ongoing H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b influenza …
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Mashup Score: 143
I normally don’t publish email exchanges, but when someone like Paul Thacker misleadingly characterizes one with me, I make an exception.
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Mashup Score: 4Dog dies after contracting avian flu in Oshawa - 24 day(s) ago
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the number of documented cases of H5N1 — also known as avian flu — in other species like cats and dogs is low, and based on current evidence, the risk to the general public remains low. (Maryse Zeidler/CBC) A pet dog in Oshawa has died after testing positive for avian flu, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says. In a news release issued Tuesday, the agency said the dog was infected and died last week after chewing on a wild goose. The CFIA says the number
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Mashup Score: 10Now that bird flu is spreading among cows, scientists worry where H5N1 will jump next - 24 day(s) ago
Just days after early reports of sick cows at several U.S. farms, H5N1 bird flu has been identified in at least a dozen herds across six states. Scientists are on high alert. But many say what worries them more is whether this virus will jump to more livestock — and pigs, in particular. (Ohio Department of Agriculture) On March 25, American officials published an urgent announcement: Dairy cows in Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico were falling sick. The cows had low appetites, and produced less milk than
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Mashup Score: 47The Deaths of Effective Altruism - 1 month(s) ago
Sam Bankman-Fried is finally facing punishment. Let’s also put his ruinous philosophy on trial.
Source: www.wired.comCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet
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Mashup Score: 291
A doctor became infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) after attending to a patient who had been diagnosed with it.
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Mashup Score: 32Kristian G. Andersen (@kgandersen.bsky.social) - 2 month(s) ago
That feeling when you think you’re Big on Twitter, but then stumble into the real world. Meanwhile: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8337 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00991-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
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Mashup Score: 53Progress Toward Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2022 - 2 month(s) ago
This report describes progress towards global measles elimination.
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Mashup Score: 185
PostU of Saskatchewan@usaskDeer in N. America have been ravaged by a disease caused by infectious misfolded proteins. #USask’s Dr. Scott Napper is among those fighting to save them—and, in doing so, helping to protect people against a similar scourge. Read more via @TheAtlantic: theatlantic.com/science/archivread image descriptionALT1:40 PM · Feb 18, 20247,139 Views5 Reposts1 Quote11 Likes1…
Source: x.comCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet
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Mashup Score: 59
Don’t miss what’s happeningPeople on X are the first to know.
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If you’re in the market for some H5N1 cattle sequences, look no further. 👇🏻 https://t.co/SzUcoBrwsF