{"id":398,"date":"2025-07-08T15:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T15:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hkerstyn.net\/?p=398"},"modified":"2025-07-10T15:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:40:30","slug":"cdc-ends-bird-flu-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hkerstyn.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/cdc-ends-bird-flu-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC ends bird flu emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu<\/a>.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that the emergency bird flu<\/a> response was \u201cdeactivated to transition back to regular program activity\u201d last Wednesday due to reports of animal infections declining and no human cases having been reported since February. \u00a0<\/p>\n “Surveillance, readiness, and response for influenza, including H5N1 bird flu cases, will continue under the purview of CDC\u2019s Influenza Division and other appropriate agency programs,” the spokesperson wrote in a statement. <\/p>\n The agency\u2019s H5N1 bird flu emergency response was activated in April 2024<\/a>, and since then, there have been 70 cases of H5N1 bird flu<\/a> found in humans, CDC data shows. \u00a0<\/p>\n There has not been any incident of human-to-human transmission. One\u00a0person died of the disease<\/a> earlier this year after being hospitalized with a severe form.\u00a0<\/p>\n