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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 days agoThe bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has so far spilled over to just three farmworkers in the...
What is bird flu and how worried should I be about a pandemic?
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"Because [those birds] are the ones that one are very susceptible to this, and they seem to be the...
Ex CDC director predicts bird flu pandemic: What to know
The Hill· 5 days agoFormer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield says it’s just a...
Bird flu in Michigan: H5N1 Symptoms, what outbreak means for pets, why wastewater matters
Detroit Free Press· 4 days agoCalled highly pathogenic avian influenza, the H5N1 bird flu virus making headlines in Michigan and...
Pandemic potential? What to know in Florida about bird flu outbreak.
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoEven as we grapple with how COVID-19 has changed everything, experts are concerned that a variant of influenza spreading in the U.S. could spark another global outbreak of illness — shuttering ...
Ex-CDC Director Makes Alarming Bird Flu Prediction
HuffPost· 5 days agoThe odds are increasing of a scourge between humans that could kill 25 to 50 percent of those it infects, Redfield warned. The overall case-fatality rate...
Bird flu not lethal to all animals
The Columbian· 4 days agoIn the last two years, bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide. It’s killed legions of seals and sea...
Bird flu outbreak now affecting cows began in US in 2022
Politifact· 7 days agoWorld Health Organization Chief Scientist Dr. Jeremy Farrar expressed concern in an April 18 news...
Experts: Nation needs to prepare for next pandemic, even if it's not bird flu
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt could also help bolster availability of medical equipment and medication to treat those sickened,...
CDC identifies drug-resistant flu variant in the U.S.
Consumer Affairs· 4 days agoAs bird flu continues to make headlines, the more common variant of influenza hasn’t garnered as...