At of tonight it looks as though only one contact, the girl’s father, has tested positive for H5N1. While human-to-human transmission is not ruled out, parallel zoonotic transmissions from a common environmental source seem far more likely.
When these cases are first announced, information is often sketchy and translation errors, such as yesterday’s that suggested 12 downstream cases, are common.
https://www.nytimes.com/explain/2023/bird-flu-cambodia-death
Mifepristone, the first of two drugs in medication abortions, previously had to be dispensed only by clinics, doctors or a few mail-order pharmacies. Now, if local drugstores or chains like CVS agree to certain rules, they can provide it.
FDA will hold a VRBPAC meeting to consider whether and how the composition for primary doses of the currently available #COVID19 vaccines should be modified and how and whether the composition & schedule for booster doses should be adjusted moving forward. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-hold-advisory-committee-meeting-discuss-future-vaccination-regimens
Carl T. Bergstrom
Wan-Ting Huang