{"id":326,"date":"2025-07-08T15:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T15:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:50:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:50:26","slug":"cdc-ends-bird-flu-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/cdc-ends-bird-flu-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC ends bird flu emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"nxs-video-iframe\" data-frame-src=\"10872026\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" layout=\"responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/redir1.thehill.com\/nxs-video-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\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n\t\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/healthcare\/5376761-trump-biden-bird-flu-outbreak\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/healthcare\/5376761-trump-biden-bird-flu-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H5N1 avian flu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that the emergency <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5200682-h5n1-bird-flu-spread-unprecedented-un-agency-warns\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5200682-h5n1-bird-flu-spread-unprecedented-un-agency-warns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bird flu<\/a> response was \u201cdeactivated to transition back to regular program activity\u201d last Wednesday due to reports of animal infections declining and no human cases having been reported since February. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Surveillance, readiness,\u00a0and response\u00a0for influenza, including H5N1 bird flu cases,\u00a0will continue under the purview of CDC\u2019s Influenza Division and other appropriate agency programs,&#8221; the spokesperson wrote in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>The agency\u2019s H5N1 bird flu emergency response <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4578651-cdc-issues-bird-flu-infection-health-alert\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4578651-cdc-issues-bird-flu-infection-health-alert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was activated in April 2024<\/a>, and since then, there have been 70 cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5193699-republicans-distrust-cdc-bird-flu-kff-poll\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5193699-republicans-distrust-cdc-bird-flu-kff-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H5N1 bird flu<\/a> found in humans, CDC data shows. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There has not been any incident of human-to-human transmission. One\u00a0person <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5070194-louisiana-patient-dies-bird-flu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5070194-louisiana-patient-dies-bird-flu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">died of the disease<\/a> earlier this year after being hospitalized with a severe form.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CDC officials said the person was a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5057673-cdc-bird-flu-mutations\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5057673-cdc-bird-flu-mutations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">man in Louisiana<\/a> who likely contracted the virus from a backyard flock. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The current risk of H5N1 bird flu is, but but the CDC will continue to monitor the disease and \u201cscale up activities as needed,\u201d according to the spokesperson. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen states have reported an H5N1 avian flu case, but the majority have been concentrated along the West Coast, particularly Washington and California. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that the emergency bird flu response was \u201cdeactivated to transition back to regular program activity\u201d last Wednesday due to reports of animal infections declining and no human cases having been reported since February. \u00a0 &#8220;Surveillance, readiness,\u00a0and response\u00a0for influenza, including H5N1&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wakeupknotts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}