Avian flu H5N1 discussion - news/case lists links - 2022+

[Commonground]

$737K in 60 Days vs. 4¢/cwt: The H5N1 Test Idaho Herds Skip

Sunday, July 5th, 2026

Executive Summary: Idaho is tied for the worst H5N1 herd count in the country, but official tallies are just the floor. Here’s what’s actually at stake for your milk check this month:

• The financial hit: One Ohio dairy documented $737,500 in losses over 60 days.
• The prevention cost: A bulk-tank PCR testing cadence runs just 4¢/cwt — roughly $2,900/year for a 250-cow herd, $11,700 for 1,000.
• The hidden spread: 36.3% of U.S. retail milk carried viral RNA back in 2024, when official maps showed only 29 herds.
• The airborne threat: 60% of parlor air samples on positive farms tested PCR-positive with 11% carrying live virus — yet only about 1 in 4 workers wear a respirator.
• The kicker: USDA dropped pre-movement testing for “unaffected” states on May 1, so cattle now cross state lines on a label instead of an animal test — right as Idaho tops the chart.

Continued: https://www.thebullvine.com/news/737...ho-herds-skip/

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Before the Next Outbreak: Inside India's One Health Push
JULY 6, 2026



In March 1957, forest officials in Shimoga district, Karnataka noticed something wrong in the trees. Monkeys were dying — not one or two, but dozens, scattered through the Kyasanur forest. Then villagers who had gone in to cut wood or graze cattle started dying too, of a fever with no name. Locals called it “monkey disease.” A long-standing theory holds that forest clearing for new villages and grazing land pushed monkeys to spend more time on the forest floor, in the undergrowth, where infected ticks lived - though scientists still don't fully understand the disease's ecology, and gaps in that picture remain even today. What is clear is that Kyasanur Forest Disease emerged at exactly the point where human, animal and environmental life overlapped.

That is the pattern behind almost every zoonotic disease: not a single cause, but a shift in the relationship between people, animals and the land they share. It is happening again right now — the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is only the latest reminder that outbreaks rarely emerge in isolation. Whether it is Ebola, COVID-19, Nipah, Avian Influenza, Rabies or Kyasanur Forest Disease itself, preventing the next public health emergency means paying close attention to the places where human, animal and environment collide.

Continued: https://www.undp.org/india/blog/next...-health-push-0

[Commonground]

Media

Published 07 July 2026
Several viruses capable of infecting humans discovered every year, study reveals

Experts say novel pathogens are unearthed all the time, and any one of them could trigger the next pandemic

Two to three new viruses capable of infecting humans have been discovered every year, a major new study from three universities has found.
The study, which analysed historical medical papers over the last 100 years, found that at least 239 species of human-infecting viruses have been found since the turn of the 20th century.

Mark Woolhouse, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh’s Usher Institute, said: “New human-infective viruses are being discovered all the time. Any one of them could be Disease X – the cause of the next pandemic.
“Our database will help researchers characterise the threat and prepare for it.”

Continued: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-h...ed-every-year/

[Pathfinder]

Australia -

Doorstop at Parliament House, Canberra


3 August 2026

E&OE TRANSCRIPT
DOORSTOP
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA
MONDAY, 3 AUGUST 2026

SUBJECTS: H5 bird flu
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JOURNALIST: If I can ask the experts as well, looking to the future of this, it sounds like it can’t be eradicated in wildlife. It might be able to be managed in poultry farming. Long term, is this something we live with? How long will that take? What is actually the future of this?

COOKSON: Certainly the experience that we have seen overseas is that this is a disease that they have been dealing with for a long period of time – in many cases since about 2022 when this strain started to spread more rapidly around the globe. What we can’t predict is exactly what it will look like within the Australian context. We do have unique fauna. We have got unique geography, and so whilst we can do the best that we can with learning from the overseas experience – and that’s exactly what we’ve done in terms of our preparedness – our focus will be on now monitoring where that spread is occurring and mitigating the impacts as best we can. The response that we are working to at the moment is looking to make sure that as far as possible we’re identifying those sites and populations where risks can be reduced. And we’ll continue to do that into the foreseeable future. We’re also very well engaged through our local jurisdictions, state and territory governments, who are engaging with local governments, they’re engaging with the local community to make sure that in those locations they’re well prepared to live with the bird flu and to adapt to this situation.
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The two tables below present an overview of avian influenza detections in wild birds across the United States and Canada from 2022 to 2026.

USA -

Wild Bird Avian Influenza Surveillance

USDA APHIS - data: July 2021 - April 15th, 2026

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/wild-bird-surveillance-dashboard

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Canada -

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza - Wildlife Dashboard




https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiMTZkNDVlMzEtMzQ5YS00YzIwLWE1YTItMjk wYzk2ZDA5NWNjIiwidCI6IjE4YjVhNWVkLTFkODYtNDFkMy05N GEwLWJjMjdkYWUzMmFiMiJ9

https://www.cwhc-rcsf.ca/avian_influenza.php