Lock Down the Cows to Prevent Further Bird Flu Spread
The bird flu may be entering a dangerous new phase. The risk that any given person will be sickened or die remains low, but ...
What pathogen might spark the next pandemic? How scientists are preparing for ‘disease X’
Professor Allen Cheng from Monash University discusses the potential threats of known and unknown pathogens for future ...
Deadly bird flu H5N1 strain ‘could be Australia’s worst ecological disaster’
A new strain of bird flu threatens to be Australia’s biggest ecological disaster, decimating native birds as well as mammals ...
What pathogen could trigger the next pandemic? How scientists are preparing for ‘disease X’
The WHO's list of infectious diseases before COVID stressed the importance of research for pandemic preparedness.
After Covid, How Are Scientists Prepping For Potential Pandemic "Disease X"
Before the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) had made a list of priority infectious diseases. These were felt to pose a threat to international public health.
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Sequencing wastewater material may be the key to getting a grip on the H5N1 bird flu outbreak
Dhillon is an instructor in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
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Bird flu update in United States
Avian influenza has now been confirmed in 213 dairy herds across 14 US states, according to the latest USDA report.
Focus at Four: Texas A&M vet medicine expert explains connection between egg prices, bird flu
Bird flu is not found in eggs, but it can infect commercial bird populations quickly because of a high mortality rate.
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Federal officials say no sign bird flu is spreading among humans, despite Missouri case
Public health officials are still trying to determine how a Missouri resident contracted bird flu without having any contact ...
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Second Health Care Worker Exposed to Person with Bird Flu Had Symptoms. Here’s What We Know and Don’t Know
Experts call for greater testing of contacts of a person who was infected with the H5N1 bird flu strain before the virus ...
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Milking procedures may spread bird flu among dairy cows, study finds
A recent study published in Nature suggests that milking procedures could be a key way that the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian ...
Bird flu casts a wider net as U.S. health officials keep drip-feeding information on Fridays
What is known so far about the human cases of bird flu in the U.S. is enough to worry those who spend their professional days ...