Episode 156: H5N1: An Impending Crisis?

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In "H5N1: An Impending Crisis," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the spread of H5N1 avian influenza in US dairy cows, cover the latest COVID-19 trends, review two articles on long COVID, and answers a listener question about the safety of raw milk and other dairy products. Dr. Osterholm also shares a timely "This Week in Public Health History" segment and interviews the final two members of the podcast team.   <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/25/h5n1-bird-flu-cows-outbreak-likely-widespread/">Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest U.S. bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread</a> (STAT, subscription may be required) <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/24/h5n1-bird-flu-vaccine-preparedness/">Massive amounts of H5N1 vaccine would be needed if there’s a bird flu pandemic. Can we make enough?</a> (STAT, subscription may be required) <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/long-covid-patients-more-likely-report-psychiatric-symptoms-cost-barriers-therapy">Long-COVID patients more likely to report psychiatric symptoms, cost barriers to therapy</a> (CIDRAP News) <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00171-3/fulltext">The persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in tissues and its association with long COVID symptoms: a cross-sectional cohort study in China</a> (Lancet Infectious Diseases)   <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/newsletter">Sign up for CIDRAP's daily newsletter</a> <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-stewardship/superbugs-you">Superbugs & You podcast</a> <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/osterholm-update">More episodes</a> <a href="cidrap.umn.edu/support">Support this podcast</a> <ul> </ul>

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Osterholm update, a podcast on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases with Dr Michael Osterholm.
0:15.0	Dr Ostrom is an internationally recognized medical detective and director of the Center for
0:20.3	Infectious Disease Research and Policy or or Sidrapp at the University of Minnesota.
0:25.2	In this podcast, Dr. Ostrom draws on nearly 50 years of experience investigating
0:29.6	infectious disease outbreaks to provide straight talk on the latest infectious disease
0:33.7	and public health threats.
0:36.0	I'm Chris Dahl, reporter for Sidrapp news,
0:38.5	and I'm your host for these conversations.
0:44.0	Welcome back everyone to another episode of the Osteroom Update Podcast.
0:48.0	While COVID-19 has always been the focus of this podcast,
0:52.0	we've been tracking, providing updates and answering questions about a variety of infectious
0:56.6	diseases more and more as the urgency the pandemic has waned.
1:01.5	Over the past two years, we've provided information on flu and
1:04.4	respiratory cinciscial virus, measles, empox, chronic wasting disease, and
1:09.0	avian influenza, just to name a few. To date, none of these issues have moved COVID out of the spotlight.
1:17.0	But in the two weeks since our last episode, the spread of H5N1 Avian influenza in U.S. dairy cows has changed that dynamic.
1:25.8	So on this May 2nd episode of the podcast, that's where we're going to start.
1:30.3	What does the detection of genetic fragments of H5N1 and US dairy samples tell us about this virus?
1:36.0	And what does it mean from a public health perspective?
1:39.0	Of course, we'll also give you an update on the status of COVID-19 here in the United States and elsewhere and discuss some of the latest news on long COVID.
1:48.0	We'll also answer an ID query on the U.S. milk supply, bring you a timely installment of this week in public health history,
1:55.7	and share our latest segment marking the four-year anniversary of the podcast.
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