This is strange. The KFF Health Briefing didn't come out this morning, and CIDRAP posted no articles today. Has the government shut them down???

#CIDRAP #KFF

(Edit: Oh duh. It's Juneteenth. That became a US federal holiday AFTER I moved to Canada.)

#CIDRAP on X wrote:

Analysis suggests COVID-19 diminishes sperm quality

A study at a fertility clinic in China ties COVID-19 exposure to reduced sperm count and lower sperm motility.

https://cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/analysis-suggests-covid-19-diminishes-sperm-quality

#CIDRAP
Third #avianflu spillover reported in #Arizona #dairy herd; raw pet food sickens #Oregon cats

https://agr.wa.gov/lookuptypes/recallfile/131

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/third-avian-flu-spillover-reported-arizona-dairy-herd-raw-pet-food-sickens

#CIDRAP #influenza #pediatrics #flu #CDC

US flu activity climbs, with more deaths in kids

"The CDC reported 16 more pediatric flu deaths, which push the season's total to 47. The deaths occurred between the middle of December and the week ending January 25. All involved influenza A, and, of 13 subtyped samples, 7 were H1N1 and 6 were H3N2.

For deaths overall, the level remained steady, with flu making up 1.6% of all deaths last week."

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/us-flu-activity-climbs-more-deaths-kids

Remember the Kids gone 2023/24

TB in KC
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis/kansas-tuberculosis-outbreak-now-largest-us
#KCTB #KansasCity #Tuberculosis.

Note: World Health Organization (WHO) 8.2 million people diagnosed with TB in 2023, the highest number recorded by WHO since it began global TB monitoring in 1995.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis/who-report-shows-global-tuberculosis-cases-are-rising

#CIDRAP Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at University of Minnesota

CIDRAP is reporting a second case of H5N1

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/san-francisco-reports-h5n1-avian-flu-child

#CIDRAP #H5N1