First, a bit of news on the recent influenza epidemic -- Earlier this year, there was an outbreak of HPAI H5N1 among U.S. dairy cattle, spreading across herds and causing fatal infections among some cats on affected farms, and spilling over into poultry. What was especially concerning was the four reported infections among dairy workers. A couple of days ago, NIH released a study on this H5N1 strain. Click here to read more. Secondly, news on new COVID strains -- Currently, the KP.3, KP.2, and KP.1.1 strains are responsible for more than half the new cases, while the new highly transmissible LB.1 strain accounts for 1 in 10 cases. These variants are all descendants of the Omicron variant JN.1. Click here to read more.
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