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How Does Bird Flu Spread to Humans?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBird flu is an infectious viral illness that can spread among birds, and in rare cases, it can spread to humans. Here's what you need to know about how...
Should We Be Worried About Bird Flu?
The New Yorker· 1 hour agoInfluenza is a promiscuous pathogen. Its potential to unleash pandemics is due partly to the modular structure of its genome, which allows it to swap...
Could bird flu cause a human pandemic?
Vox· 5 days agoNow, says Lakdawala, “I am more concerned than I have been, and it’s not for the general public — it is for dairy workers.” The H5N1 outbreak among cows...
1 in 5 Milk Samples Test Positive for Bird Flu—Here’s Why Parents Shouldn’t Worry
Parents via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAvian flu strains rarely infect humans but may cause severe disease if this does occur. Human-to-...
What We Know About the Latest Case of Bird Flu in a Person
Time Magazine· 2 days agoBird flu, or avian influenza, can be deadly in birds but normally doesn’t infect people. While some ...
Bird flu virus spreads to more cows in the US: is it risky to drink milk?
TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA person in Texas tested positive for avian influenza (H5N1), aka bird flu, amid an outbreak among...
Doctors Describe Texas Dairy Farm Worker's Case of Bird Flu
Alaska Superstation· 2 days agoDoctors in Texas are describing the only known human case of H5N1 avian flu connected to the ongoing...
Bird flu brings the US’ pandemic preparedness into focus
Semafor via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA wave of bird flu has devastated poultry populations and spread to dairy cows in the US and led to...
Bird flu is bad for poultry and cattle. Why it's not a dire threat for most of us — yet
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDairy cows across the country are infected by the H5N1 bird flu. The virus isn’t spreading among...
Four reasons to be concerned (but not freak out) about the bird flu
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoflu is considered more dangerous than the annual flu because it's a strain humans have never...