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Experts: Nation needs to prepare for next pandemic, even if it's not bird flu
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"The thing CDC and others are looking for is evidence of infection passing between people -- that...
Covid might be to blame for an uptick in rare cancers
The Week· 2 days agoRare types of cancer are showing up in higher numbers since the Covid-19 pandemic. Doctors suspect...
Experts say bird flu is a Pandora's box. Are we about to open it?
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days ago(The H and the N in these names refer to specific proteins on the virus, which can significantly...
Japan sees record spike in infections caused by tissue-damaging bacteria
UPI· 4 days agoJapan is reporting a record high number of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome -- or STSS -- cases...
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...
New Human Cases of Avian Flu Anticipated
Medscape· 3 days agoWith avian influenza spreading quickly around the globe, the virus has more opportunities to mutate and cause problems for people. By some calculations,...
Dr. Anthony Fauci says empathy motivated his medical career but an old phrase from high school kept...
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“Don’t let the bastards wear you down.” That phrase, instilled in Dr. Anthony Fauci as a student at...
Opinion | How Scared Should You Be of Bird Flu?
New York Times· 3 days agoIf you are a health offical or agriculture official, you should be worried and be trying to prevent a pandemic. If you work with cows and chickens or drink raw milk, you should be taking precautions ...
Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why
Wisconsin State Journal· 5 days agoBird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide in the past...
The First Three Months
The Atlantic· 6 days agoThe press sometimes had better, or at least faster, ground-level sources than I did as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
