Episode 154: H5N1 Uncertainty

Abstract

"In ""H5N1 Uncertainty,"" Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest national COVID trends, a recent study on Paxlovid, and H5N1 avian flu virus infection in cattle. Dr. Osterholm also shares the latest ""This Week in Public Health History"" segment and interviews two members of the podcast team. ""Swedish study suggests link between long COVID and severity of illness"" by Stephanie Soucheray, CIDRAP News (https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/swedish-study-suggests-link-between-long-covid-and-severity-illness); ""Study: long COVID affects 8% of those with COVID-19, is more common in women"" by Stephanie Soucheray, CIDRAP News (https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-long-covid-affects-8-those-covid-19-more-common-women); ""New neurologic issues less likely after severe COVID than flu, research suggests"" by Mary Van Beusekom, CIDRAP News (https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new-neurologic-issues-less-likely-after-severe-covid-flu-research-suggests); Nirmatrelvir for vaccinated or unvaccinated adult outpatients with COVID-19 by Hammond et al., New England Journal of Medicine (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2309003); Treating acute COVID-19 — final chapters still unwritten by Gandhi & Hirsch, New England Journal of Medicine (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2402224).