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At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It's a sign that ...
Future Concern: Bird Flu. Unless you work with animals, you can probably breathe easy here. To date, there haven’t been any cases of human-to-human transmission of H5N1, or bird flu.
Even though the 2024-2025 migratory bird season is winding down, concerns about highly pathogenic avian influenza — commonly known as bird flu — remain. The public is paying attention.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...
The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry and other animals around the world for several years, and starting early last year became a problem in people and cows in ...
Bird flu outbreaks have forced tens of millions of chickens to be culled across nine states over the past year as more hotspots continue to emerge. So far, the Department of Agriculture has ...
Bird flu, or avian influenza, ... She is the author of the book "Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind Control," published by Hopkins Press.
That makes the arrival of bird flu on a dairy farm a slow-motion disaster. The incentives for farmers to cooperate remain dismal. Research by experts at Cornell University suggests bird flu ...