{"id":78045,"date":"2025-12-06T01:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T01:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/78045\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T01:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T01:06:07","slug":"city-reminds-citizens-not-to-handle-sick-or-dead-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/78045\/","title":{"rendered":"City Reminds Citizens Not to Handle Sick or Dead Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (CITY OF LUBBOCK NEWS RELEASE) &#8211; Lubbock Public Health urges citizens to avoid handling or touching sick or dead birds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Due to the circulation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, or H5N1) in wild birds across the country, it is important to take precautions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Migratory birds moving through our area may contribute to the spread of the virus, increasing the likelihood of encountering infected wildlife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">While the risk to public health is currently considered low, close contact with infected birds or contaminated environments can lead to transmission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Everyone should avoid contact with sick or dead birds. HPAI is deadly to domestic poultry and can also cause severe illness and death in wild birds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">What You Should and Should Not Do<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Do not touch wild birds. Avoid touching, handling, or interacting with sick or dead wild birds\u2014including geese, grackles, hawks, or other wildlife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Report dead birds. If you find a sick or dead bird, contact Lubbock Animal Services, 806-775-2057.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Protect yourself. If you must handle a bird (for example, for disposal), wear gloves and a mask. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water afterward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Seek medical attention.If you develop flu-like symptoms after potential exposure, contact your healthcare provider promptly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (CITY OF LUBBOCK NEWS RELEASE) &#8211; Lubbock Public Health urges citizens to avoid handling or touching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-78045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}