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CA: With bird flu cases on the rise, staff at California lab say they are overworked and burned out

Commonground

Commonground

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December 1, 2014


On a recent Friday morning, Alyssa Laxamana arrived at a laboratory on the UC Davis campus to continue California's race against bird flu.

A note from her supervisor had alerted Laxamana that about 130 samples of cow milk and other dairy products were en route — a large but manageable workload.
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Laxamana's plans, however, quickly went out the window. More samples kept popping up in a digital queue as another lab worker logged unexpected shipments. Around noon she had to draw a line. She calculated she could get through about 270 samples that day. The rest would have to wait.
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Laxamana works in the biotechnology department of the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, the first line of defense in the state's effort to track and prevent the spread of the H5N1 virus
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The stakes for the lab are high: It is the only lab in the state with the authority to confirm bird flu cases.
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Complete article: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bird-flu-cases-rise-staff-110048708.html
 
California lab sends some bird flu tests out of state during outbreak as workers strike

February 27, 2025 · 10:43 AM EST
California's only lab that can confirm lethal bird flu in poultry is shifting some testing to facilities out of state due to a workers' strike, but does not expect testing delays, the University of California said on Wednesday.
  • Summary
  • Strike highlights strain on lab technicians and poultry farmers
  • No testing delays expected from strike, UC-Davis reallocates testing
  • Millions of California egg-laying hens wiped out by bird flu
Continued: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ca...out-state-during-outbreak-workers-2025-02-26/
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June 20, 2025

Screen shots on the tweet of a report in the Los Angeles Times yesterday.
Link to article https://www.latimes.com/business/st...ifornias-key-bird-flu-testing-lab-for-records

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We are raising concerns about severe understaffing and unsafe working conditions at the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, which jeopardize our critical role in testing for diseases such as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1). #BirdFlu #HPAI #H5N1
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