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A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like.
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThe bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has so far spilled over to just three farmworkers in the...
Can we prevent a bird flu pandemic in humans?
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoA highly pathogenic subtype of avian influenza (or bird flu), known as H5N1 is spreading among animals worldwide. For the past couple of decades, global...
Why 4 new bird flu developments have experts worried about the virus
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Former director of the CDC predicts the next pandemic will be from bird flu
The Independent via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoThe three cases were found in farmworkers but were unrelated, with symptoms including a cough and...
Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why
Napa Valley Register· 4 hours agoBird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide in the past...
Why is bird flu highly lethal to some animals, but not to others?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoUnlike cats, cows have been largely spared, with those that did develop symptoms experiencing fever,...
Bird flu is rampant in animals. Humans ignore it at our own peril
CNN.com· 6 days agoThe precautions were necessary for a trio of infectious diseases occurring with some frequency in...
2 more dairy herds test positive for bird flu in Iowa
WHO13.com· 3 days agoIOWA — Two more dairy herds in northwest Iowa have tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian...
Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: Toddler Infected With Another Strain—Second Human Case In India
Forbes· 5 days agoJune 11The World Health Organization announced a four-year-old child in India was infected with H9N2...
Bird flu risk is restricted to those who work with dairy cattle — for now
NPR· 2 days agoWell, beyond animals, though, I know a few humans have contracted this flu, which has some folks concerned about this sparking a pandemic. Do we have any ...