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Outbreak Updates @outbreakupdates Oct 2

We spent decades teaching people that cancer is mostly bad luck, bad genes, or bad habits.

Then you find out 2.3 million cases in a single year were attributable to infections.

The BMJ @bmj_latest Oct 2

Infections were responsible for 2.3 million new cancer cases in 2024, 12% of total global cases that year, a study has found.

The research found Helicobacter pylori to be the leading infectious cause of cancer
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Outbreak Updates @outbreakupdates 13h

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United Farm Workers @UFWupdates 15h

There is an active outbreak of avian flu (H5 influenza) in dairy herds in Washington State, particularly the Yakima Valley. A number of dairy workers have been infected, with at least one death. Speaking with workers, we believe the official case numbers are a vast undercount. 1/
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Outbreak Updates @outbreakupdates 13h

H5N1: ANOTHER STATE JOINS THE DAIRY OUTBREAK.

Oregon just confirmed its FIRST infected dairy herd.

Morrow County. Positive milk detected.

Nearby Washington: 43 infected herds, 3 human cases, 1 death.

The Oregon genome is still pending.

The question now:

Is this connected to Washington’s B3.13 outbreak, or a separate introduction?

Outbreak Updates @outbreakupdates 15h

Two more children infected with H9N2 bird flu disclosed in China

A 9-year-old girl in Guangxi and a 7-year-old boy in Liaoning.

Outbreak Updates @outbreakupdates 15h

Syria — Polio detected in two children with paralysis |