743 - What You Need to Know About H5N1, The Bird Flu Spilling Over Into Mammals
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Recent reports of spillover of avian virus H5N1 into cows, cats, and even one human are concerning to the scientific community for a number of reasons. But what does the public need to know? Virologist Dr. Andy Pekosz and public health veterinary expert Dr. Meghan Davis return to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about these spillovers events and what they mean for biosecurity and our safety.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, |
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| 0:29.6 | This is Lindsay Smith Rogers. |
| 0:33.6 | Today, Stephanie Desmond talks avian flu with virologist Andy Pecoche and veterinarian |
| 0:39.8 | Megan Davis. The H5N1 virus for the first time has been identified in dairy cows and their |
| 0:46.5 | milk across several states and has sickened a human. Our guests discuss the emerging disease |
| 0:52.4 | and how concerned you should be, whether you're a farmer or a city dweller. |
| 0:56.8 | Let's listen. |
| 0:58.4 | Megan Davis and Andy Pecoch. Thanks so much for joining me. |
| 1:01.6 | Always a pleasure. |
| 1:02.3 | We're here. |
| 1:03.5 | So today I want to talk about the latest in bird flu news. |
| 1:08.7 | There's been a development in recent days and weeks, Andy, could you start |
| 1:13.6 | with giving us the overview? Yeah. So, you know, for the past two years in particular, |
| 1:19.7 | there have been a lot of cases of infection of wild migratory birds with an avian virus that |
| 1:26.6 | will call H5N1. |
| 1:28.7 | This virus has been around for over 20 years. |
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