Patrick L. McDonough

Univ Prof, Infectious/zoonotic diseases, Preharvest/food safety,Clinical Microbiology, One Health/Global Health/Sustainability, Genealogy, History; views my own

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

HPAI in cattle needs urgent action as fear grows ⁦@SenGillibrand⁩ ⁦@USAnimalHealth⁩ ⁦@weese_scott⁩ ⁦@CDC_NCEZID⁩ ⁦@CornellMPH⁩ ⁦@AVMAvets⁩ ⁦@NYTHealth⁩ ⁦@NorahODonnell⁩ ⁦@HealthNYGov⁩ https://t.co/C10Pv0X60x

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

@"Teagasc research news - focus on food"https://t.co/G00Pj2kRZO on @LinkedIn ⁦@CornellCALS⁩ ⁦@Food_EU⁩ ⁦@FSAIinfo⁩ ⁦@nytimes⁩ ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ ⁦@NorahODonnell⁩ ⁦@ellamcsweeney⁩ ⁦@scifri⁩ ⁦@OneHealthSocUCD⁩

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

https://t.co/sMU32Z8VZG via @NYTimes ⁦@SenGillibrand⁩ ⁦@CornellMPH⁩ ⁦@CornellCALS⁩ ⁦@USAnimalHealth⁩ ⁦@weese_scott⁩ ⁦@OneHealthSocUCD⁩ ⁦@scifri⁩ ⁦@CDC_NCEZID⁩ ⁦@FoodSafetyMag⁩ ⁦@FSAIinfo⁩ ⁦@FoodSafety⁩

[Baker Institute for Animal Health @bakercornell]

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu, is circulating now in the United States and much of the world. Specialists @cornellvet have created a virtual resource center where you can find up to date information about HPAI.
https://t.co/Oa1FEVTXCw

[World Organisation for Animal Health @WOAH]

Often disinformation can stand in the way of improving #animal health.
The consequences of untruthful or misleading statements can increase the risk for animal and zoonotic diseases to quickly spread and erode people’s trust in authorities, undermining health responsesOften disinformation can stand in the way of improving #animal health.
The consequences of untruthful or misleading statements can increase the risk for animal and zoonotic diseases to quickly spread and erode people’s trust in authorities, undermining health responsesOften disinformation can stand in the way of improving #animal health.
The consequences of untruthful or misleading statements can increase the risk for animal and zoonotic diseases to quickly spread and erode people’s trust in authorities, undermining health responsesOften disinformation can stand in the way of improving #animal health.
The consequences of untruthful or misleading statements can increase the risk for animal and zoonotic diseases to quickly spread and erode people’s trust in authorities, undermining health responsesOften disinformation can stand in the way of improving #animal health.
The consequences of untruthful or misleading statements can increase the risk for animal and zoonotic diseases to quickly spread and erode people’s trust in authorities, undermining health responsesOften disinformation can stand in the way of improving #animal health.
The consequences of untruthful or misleading statements can increase the risk for animal and zoonotic diseases to quickly spread and erode people’s trust in authorities, undermining health responses.

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

If food producers and packagers just focused more on being sanitary and labeling packages for allergen ⁦@scifri⁩ ⁦@CornellCALS⁩ ⁦@SenGillibrand⁩ ⁦@CDCgov⁩ ⁦@HealthNYGov⁩ ⁦@NYTHealth⁩ ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ https://t.co/8SiRjLwSew

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

Oh my… this will slow the effort considerably…⁦@scifri⁩ ⁦@WOAH⁩ ⁦@ESCMID⁩ ⁦@nytimes⁩ ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ ⁦@SenGillibrand⁩ ⁦@mvankerkhove⁩ ⁦⁦@DrMikeRyan⁩ ⁦@USAnimalHealth⁩ ⁦@NorahODonnell⁩ https://t.co/2a1NXfjeVy

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

News: Half of CDC "disease detectives" terminated. DOGE takes aim at US disease surveillance ⁦@nytimes⁩ ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ ⁦@SenGillibrand⁩ ⁦@CornellMPH⁩ ⁦@ESCMID⁩ ⁦@EFSA_EU⁩ ⁦@mvankerkhove⁩ ⁦@DrMikeRyan⁩ https://t.co/YjcvCNGTTt

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

@Ayjchan Are any labs performing gain of function research with H5N1 and related viruses?

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

Avian influenza probable cause of bird deaths at NYC zoos ⁦@HealthNYGov⁩ ⁦@NYSDEC⁩ ⁦@SenGillibrand⁩ ⁦@weese_scott⁩ ⁦@NYTHealth⁩ ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ ⁦@WildlifeCornell⁩ ⁦@CDC_NCEZID⁩ ⁦@cornellvet⁩ https://t.co/Bsi5Tq1616

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

A risk assessment framework was developed to evaluate zoonotic potential of Avian flu,focusing on virus mutations linked to phenotypic traits related to mammalian adaptation ⁦@nytimes⁩ ⁦@USAnimalHealth⁩ ⁦@WildlifeCornell⁩ ⁦@scifri⁩ https://t.co/cuqyg8P6yf

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

We need a One Health approach to address this problem ⁦@SenGillibrand⁩ ⁦@CornellCALS⁩ ⁦@nytimes⁩ ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ ⁦@WOAH⁩ ⁦@CDC_NCEZID⁩ ⁦@NYSDEC⁩ ⁦@scifri⁩ ⁦@WildlifeCornell⁩ ⁦@USAnimalHealth⁩ https://t.co/acAdsVK3sP

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

Listeriosis outbreak’s aftermath continues to take its toll ⁦@CBSNews⁩ ⁦@NYTHealth⁩ ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ ⁦@SenGillibrand⁩ ⁦@CornellCALS⁩ ⁦@HealthNYGov⁩ ⁦@JohnsHopkinsSPH⁩ ⁦@CornellMPH⁩ ⁦@OneHealthSocUCD⁩ https://t.co/Nb8fy2JJkH

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

Bee hotels are a misplaced attempt to help nature – The Irish Times ⁦@AtkinsonCenter⁩ ⁦@CornellCALS⁩ ⁦@AVMAvets⁩ ⁦@BioDataCentre⁩ ⁦@PollinatorPlan⁩ ⁦@PoMScheme⁩ ⁦@scifri⁩ ⁦@nytimes⁩ ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ https://t.co/IURgzXXByH

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

EFSA Identifies Emerging Food Safety Risks https://t.co/3gqfqOpxtT
@CornellCALS @CDC_NCEZID @CornellMPH @NYTHealth @washingtonpost @FDA @NorahODonnell

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

Several cat deaths reported following bird flu exposure through raw pet food and milk…. Summary… ⁦@AVMAvets⁩ ⁦@weese_scott⁩ ⁦@cornellvet⁩ ⁦@ucdavisvetmed⁩ ⁦@ucdvetmed⁩ ⁦@USAnimalHealth⁩ ⁦@CDC_NCEZID⁩ https://t.co/rPE8BEGW2c

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

Is It Full Steam Ahead for Clinical AI Applications in 2025? - Health IT Answers ⁦@CornellMPH⁩ ⁦@NYTHealth⁩ ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ ⁦@CDCgov⁩ ⁦@CornellCALS⁩ ⁦@OneHealthSocUCD⁩ ⁦@Experiential_AI⁩ ⁦@scifri⁩ https://t.co/WZqoLIYmua

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

Safe Minimum Internal Temperature Chart ⁦- (consider pathogens in raw meat diets for dogs and cats)@AVMAvets⁩ ⁦@CornellCALS⁩ ⁦@HealthNYGov⁩ ⁦@NYTHealth⁩ ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ ⁦@FDAanimalhealth⁩ https://t.co/yKxQfWWneJ

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

Doctors need to apply an exposure screening when patients arrive with respiratory symptoms - Accelerated Subtyping of Influenza A in Hospitalized Patients @HealthNYGov @NYTHealth @washingtonpost @NorahODonnell @CornellMPH @CDC_NCEZID

https://t.co/Xmeo2aReEF

[Patrick L. McDonough @GoIrish1951]

FDA is soliciting input… ⁦@weese_scott⁩ ⁦@USAnimalHealth⁩ ⁦@cornellvet⁩ ⁦@ucdvetmed⁩ ⁦@ucdavisvetmed⁩ ⁦@scifri⁩ ⁦⁦@nytimes⁩ ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ ⁦@SenGillibrand⁩ ⁦@OneHealthSocUCD⁩ https://t.co/IJyQIhpH7H