The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response to bird flu as the outbreak that sickened dozens of people, spread to cattle, and drove up egg prices has abated. Bloomberg said the emergency designation ended last week. The CDC is combining bird flu updates with the routinely reported seasonal influenza infections. It will also post the number of people monitored and tested for H5N1 every month. It’s not just the CDC ending its emergency efforts. States that were some of the hardest hit are also slowing their reporting efforts. California, for example, ended its emergency declaration in April. Washington had 11 human cases last year and is also downsizing its response. The former deputy director of the CDC, who resigned from his position this year, says he would also have chosen to end the emergency response. The rationale is simple: there haven’t been human infections in some time.
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