#Results of #Influenza #Risk #Assessment #Tool (#IRAT), #US #CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/pandemic-flu/php/monitoring/irat-virus-summaries.html

Current overall individual & population health risk to general public posed by avian influenza #H5N1 virus presently spreading in cows, poultry, & other mammals remains low. Systematic comparisons of data related to this virus using IRAT to data from other influenza A viruses has scored this virus's future #pandemic #potential as "moderate risk" based on information through June 26, 2024.

#US #CDC #H5N1 #BirdFlu Response #Update August 9, 2024, https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/ah5n1-response-update.html

In this wk's update, CDC shares information about a new #report summarizing results of an Influenza #Risk #Assessment Tool (#IRAT) of an avian influenza H5N1 virus from a #human case in #Texas. This update also provides key findings from a new CDC study of effects of avian influenza H5N1 virus from a human case in #Michigan on #ferrets, a model used to assess potential impact on people.