Becker's Healthcare March 14, 2025
As federal agencies struggle to rehire fired employees who were working on the U.S. bird flu outbreak, experts in infectious diseases and public health are increasingly voicing their concerns about the outbreak’s spread.
Four updates:
1. Several scientists have noted a new genetic mutation in infected dairy cows, The Los Angeles Times reported March 12.
The mutation, PB2 E627K, was the same one detected in the first human case in the current outbreak. It is also “associated with increased mammal-to-mammal transmission and disease severity,” the Times reported.
Although the bird flu sequencing data uploaded by the Department of Agriculture does not include the location, scientists told the outlet they suspect the mutation came from four infected...
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