Many wildlife species will not be able to adapt to higher temperatures and will die. It's great that some of us can escape heatwaves in rooms with air condition but the planet is still dying. We have the tools for a sustainable transition, but we need to use them!

This is the best
Brilliant review by Richard Smith of this brilliant #Bookoftheyear by Carl Elliott
Could not 🩷 this review or this book more.
'Carl Elliott brings the #whistleblowers to life with the skill of a novelist'
bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Join us THURSDAY (5/23) at 5pm for a talk by Carl Elliott (UMN) on 'The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No.' McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020). See website for details. Free and open to all!
cappscenter.ucsb.edu/news/event/483

.Dept. of Agriculture reports another #H5N1 #birdflu infected herd in Texas. It lists the national total as 52 herds in 9 states. But Michigan has reported 4 more than USDA currently lists, so my graph includes them too. Cumulative total = 56.
Why is USDA so slow in confirming positive herds?

This is a good development. Turning off flu surveillance would hamper our already limited ability to track H5N1 infections. Eg, need flu data to interpret wastewater statnews.com/2024/05/21/h5n….

Official statement: Michigan reports human case of H5N1 bird flu.

The farm worker suffered 'mild symptoms' and has since recovered.

This is the 3rd case in the U.S.

Wahoo! Chicken Marketing Summit! How can we get people to eat more slaughtered chickens?

Remember, its not consumers who drive demand for slaughter-based protein, its the slaughter industry. And taxpayers pay these corporate executives whether we purchase their products or not.

New report for EWG released today: between 2021 and 2023, farmers got over $55.2 billion from three types of farm support programs, even though farm incomes and crop prices were at all-time highs. And yet House farm bill proposes to increase subsidies. ewg.org/research/tripl…

Really important article! Important for institutions to have a clear strategy here and protect their employees. Otherwise this: “You put yourself into the position where you’re constantly trading off academic freedom for safety.” nature.com/articles/d4158…

🚨BREAKING🚨

Last night, based partially on evidence uncovered in Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic's recent staff report and public hearing, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services commenced individual debarment proceedings against Dr. Peter Daszak, President of EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.

4 more cats have died of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S., including 2 pets with no links to farms bnonews.com/index.php/2024…

Australia reports avian influenza (not H5N1) in a poultry farm in Victoria on the same day I am scheduled to give a talk on the global spread of that disease for Sydney University. #vogelgriep
sydney.edu.au/infectious-dis…

First ever human case of #H5N1 in Australia:
“The case occurred in a child, who acquired the infection in India and was unwell in March 2024.”
It’s H5N1, but “not the same as the strains that have caused these outbreaks in the United States of America.”
health.vic.gov.au/health-advisor…

Scientists have managed to generate a full genetic sequence of #H5N1 #birdflu from store-bought milk, suggesting commercial milk products could be a way to monitor the outbreak in cows, given the lack of cooperation from dairy farmers. statnews.com/2024/05/21/bir…

To people saying it is fine to sell milk with #H5N1 because it is pasteurized. It is not, at least not yet. We need more transparent information first from the responsible agencies showing the viral particles are not infectious anymore before being on the market. Read below.

Shocking but not surprising: The American Veterinary Medical Association 'offers strong support' for the part of the Republican House Farm Bill that would nullify California's Prop 12, which, as a reminder, is a ban on caging pigs in conditions like these
agriculture.house.gov/news/documents…