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What is H5N1? Experts warn new virus spreading across all 50 states, fears of new pandemic
Experts urge US to prepare for possible new pandemic as new H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads to dairy animals, human infections. Here's what to know ...
Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn
More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.
Bird flu isn't as silent as we think — experts caution the pandemic threat is still growing
Each human and mammalian infection gives the virus an opportunity to mutate and evolve better ways of transmitting from ...
As bird flu hits cattle herds in U.S., scientists say these H5N1 factors worry them most
Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...
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When We Make Wild Animals Sick, We Endanger Everyone
"The Elephant in the Room" is a globally important read about the myriad ways we cause wildlife to become sick and how, by ...
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Denial of Airborne Infection: A Review
Is no one interested in understanding the dynamics of airborne infection?” Explore the history of airborne contagion and the ...
The Conversation on MSN10d
How bird flu differs from seasonal flu − an infectious disease researcher explains
Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...
Homeland Security Today10d
Bird Flu Poses Growing Risk to People as Pathogen Spreads, Scientists Warn
ILRI photo by Barbara Wieland. Bird flu has been circling the globe for decades. So the discovery in 2024 that the deadly pathogen had jumped from a wild bird to a cow came as a shock to virus ...