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Confirmation marks the first instance of the H5N1 virus jumping from mammals to humans

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Important Takeaways:

  • Gruesome first photo of Texas dairy farm worker who caught bird flu from a cow shows how he suffered bleeding in his eyeballs
  • This is the first image of the Texas dairy farm worker who caught bird flu from a cow.
  • While the man suffered ‘very mild’ symptoms, the photo shows how the virus caused blood vessels in his eyes to pop, leading to bleeding on the surface of his eyeballs.
  • In an official case report published Friday, experts at the CDC said they found ‘strong evidence’ via genetic data that he caught the virus from an infected cow in March.
  • The confirmation marks the first instance of the H5N1 virus jumping from mammals to humans – a milestone that is of ‘enormous concern’ to the World Health Organization.
  • The report added: ‘Over the subsequent days, the worker reported resolution of conjunctivitis without respiratory symptoms and household contacts remained well.’
  • CDC Director Dr Mandy Cohen described the individual’s infection in early April as ‘very mild’.
  • She told NPR: ‘The person had very mild symptoms. They’re recovering well. But we want to make sure, again, that we are testing folks who may have been in contact.’

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FDA advisers consider what human trials of ‘artificial womb’ could look like for human infants

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Important Takeaways:

  • FDA advisers discuss future of ‘artificial womb’ for human infants
  • Independent advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are meeting this week to discuss the regulations, ethics and possibilities of creating an artificial womb to increase the chances that extremely premature babies would survive — and without long-term health problems.
  • Although no such device has been tested in humans, similar ones have been used in a handful of cases to successfully develop animals
  • An artificial womb is not designed to replace a pregnant person; it could not be used from conception until birth. Rather, it could be used to help a small number of infants born before 28 weeks of pregnancy, which is considered extreme prematurity.
  • “We believe that our preclinical data supports feasibility and safety and that it’s adequate for consideration of a carefully designed clinical study of artificial womb technology,” Flake told the committee.

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