Lisa Schnirring

Minneapolis, Saint Paul

Science Writer at Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)

Science Writer, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)

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Articles

Quick Takes: H5N1 in Dairy Cows and Poultry, Polio in 5 Nations

2 weeks ago | m.farms.com | Lisa Schnirring

By Lisa SchnirringOver the past 2 days, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported 12 more H5N1 avian flu detections in dairy cattle, including 2 in Texas, its first since December 2024. The new detections push the number of affected herds in Texas since March 2024 to 29. The other 10 detections, reported yesterday, involve dairy herds in Idaho, which push the state's total to 100.
Kansas measles total grows to 56, with most cases part of outbreak

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Lisa Schnirring

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) today announced 8 more measles cases, bringing the state's total to 56, of which 54 are part of an outbreak in the southwestern part of the state. The outbreak cases—like those in New Mexico and Oklahoma—have been linked to the large outbreak in West Texas. Kansas's outbreak cases are in eight counties. So far, two people have been hospitalized. Among the 54 outbreak patients, 48 were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status.
public health, vaccination, public trust, Trump administration

3 weeks ago | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Lisa Schnirring

PUBLIC HEALTHU.S. Poll Finds Shifting Vaccine Trust Amid Health Agency OverhaulsPublished 13 May 2025Trust in vaccine information from government health agencies has shifted along partisan lines following health agency leadership changes and major agency restructuring under the Trump administration.
FDA, CDC recommend pause in Valneva chikungunya vaccine for older adults

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Lisa Schnirring

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on May 9 recommended a pause in the use of Valneva’s chikungunya vaccine (Ixchiq) in people ages 60 and older while officials investigate severe adverse events, some neurologic and cardiac, in vaccine recipients. Globally, 17 severe adverse events, 2 of them fatal, have been reported in people ages 62 to 89 years who received the vaccine. Six were from the United States.
CDC Review of Two More Us H5N1 Viruses Similar to Earlier Assessments

1 month ago | m.farms.com | Lisa Schnirring

By Lisa SchnirringThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on May 2 published assessments for two more H5N1 avian flu clade 2.3.4.4b viruses, noting that the risk is moderate, similar to that posed by other recent viruses from the same clade.
H5N1 Avian Flu Surges in Idaho`s Dairy Cattle

1 month ago | m.farms.com | Lisa Schnirring

By Lisa SchnirringThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today reported 15 more H5N1 avian flu detections in Idaho dairy cattle, which over the past several weeks have become the nation's epicenter of virus activity. The pace of detections picked up in March, and the state has now reported 86 confirmations in dairy cows, the nation's second most behind California.
More H5N1 Detections in US Dairy Cows and Poultry; WHO Unveils H5 Surveillance Guide

1 month ago | m.farms.com | Lisa Schnirring

By Lisa SchnirringOver the last few days the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has reported four more H5N1 avian flu detections in dairy cattle, two from California and two from Idaho, lifting the national total to 1,009 from 17 states since March 2024. Also, APHIS has confirmed more H5N1 detections in poultry flocks from two states.
Public health, Robert Kennedy Jr., Trump

1 month ago | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Lisa Schnirring

PUBLIC HEALTHPublic Health Groups Call for Kennedy to Resign or Be Fired as Biomed Sector Airs ConcernsPublished 11 April 2025In the wake of dramatic cuts to US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) staff, cutbacks for state public health efforts, and mixed messages on battling measles and other infectious diseases, two public health groups called for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign or be fired.
H5N1 Detections in US Dairy Cattle Reach 1,000

2 months ago | m.farms.com | Lisa Schnirring

By Lisa SchnirringThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today reported two more H5N1 avian flu detections in dairy herds, one in California and the other in Nevada, raising the nation's total to 1,000 since March 2024. California has been the hardest-hit state, and though detections have dropped sharply, sporadic H5N1 confirmations continue and have now reached 759 in that state.
Study Finds Influenza a Antibodies Not Uncommon in US Cattle

2 months ago | m.farms.com | Lisa Schnirring

By Lisa SchnirringA large study to gauge how susceptible US dairy and beef cattle are to influenza A viruses found that they are susceptible to human seasonal flu strains as well as swine influenza viruses, researchers based at the University of Missouri reported yesterday in mSphere. Yesterday marked 1 year since H5N1 avian flu was first confirmed in dairy cattle, which occurred in a herd from Texas.