https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/hantavirus-kreuzfahrtschiff-104.html

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Im Edeka gibts grad Toilettenpapier im Angebot. Heißer Tipp, deckt euch ein. 🤷🤦

#nextPandemic #facepalm

Passagiere gingen nach Hantavirus-Ausbruch von Bord

Die "Hondius", auf der sich Passagiere mit den Hantavirus infiziert haben, ist auf dem Weg nach Teneriffa. Bereits vor der Bestätigung der ersten Infektion haben auf der Insel St. Helena 29 Gäste das Schiff verlassen.

tagesschau.de

"World ‘unprepared’ for next pandemic as countries fail to agree on sharing information, tests and vaccines"

“If a new pathogen emerged today, the world remains largely unprepared for it.”

I often think about this! Especially if I have to go to the dentist or doctor. It's like: people, you could've taken the tip from covid and upgraded your air quality and airborne infection control, but you're not gonna, are you? You're just going to wait till the next one kicks off, and then be starting almost from scratch again like last time.

H5N1 flu is airborne, and I wouldn't be astonished if that gained human to human transmission soon. But there's lots of possibilities.

(Actually, H5N1 probably does have human transmission now I think, but only at high viral load - there was one case report where a mother seems to have caught it from her sick child after extended close proximity caring for the child, and the mother had no known contact with poultry. But I mean like, if it learnt to go human-to-human at levels similar to say measles. We'd be in a pickle then.)

If the next one is airborne again, at least _some_ of us will know what to do :-/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/05/talks-stall-on-who-pandemic-treaty-global-response-disease-outbreaks

#NextPandemic

World ‘unprepared’ for next pandemic as countries fail to agree on sharing information, tests and vaccines

Finalisation of pact governing global response to disease outbreaks delayed as talks on how to share benefits stall

The Guardian

The Pandemic Agreement is a milestone: now it is time for action in national capitals

Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01178-X/abstract

#pandemicagreement #accesss2meds #health #COVID19 #nextpandemic

Grippe aviaire : Robert F. Kennedy Jr, le ministre de la santé américain, consterne les scientifiques en proposant de laisser circuler le virus

L’idée, reprise par la secrétaire d’Etat à l’agriculture, Brooke Rollins, inquiète scientifiques et vétérinaires. Cela donnerait l’occasion au virus de muter pour devenir plus dangereux.

Le Monde

#chronicWastingDisease #CWD

’Don’t call it zombie deer disease’: scientists warn of ‘global crisis’ as infections spread across the US

A contagious, fatal illness in deer, elk and moose has taken hold in the US and is now reaching other countries. While it has not infected humans yet, the risk is growing

.. CWD is not caused by bacteria or a virus, but by “#prions”: abnormal, transmissible pathogenic agents that are difficult to destroy. ..

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/20/chronic-wasting-disease-spread-zombie-deer-global-us-aoe

#pandemic #nextpandemic

‘Don’t call it zombie deer disease’: scientists warn of ‘global crisis’ as infections spread across the US

The contagious, fatal illness in deer, elk and moose must be taken seriously, say experts as it takes hold in the US and reaches other countries. While it has not infected humans yet, the risk is growing

The Guardian
Bird flu spreads to Maryland

Maryland has recorded its first case of bird flu in more than a year, after the virus was confirmed at a Caroline County farm through “routine sampling of a broiler operation,” according to a statement Friday from the Maryland Department of Agriculture. It comes after the Highly Pathogenic Avian...

Alternet.org

I’m sure Donald Trump is ready—he’s gonna deport Bird Flu with its family.

First human death from avian flu reported in U.S.
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/06/first-human-death-from-avian-flu-reported-in-us

#H5N1 #BirdFlu #AvianFlu #NextPandemic #PublicHealth #USPol #RepublicansDidThis #DonaldTrump

First human death from avian flu reported in U.S.

A Louisiana resident died after being hospitalized for a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the state's health department said.

Axios