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Experts say bird flu is a Pandora's box. Are we about to open it?
Salon via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThat pathogen is, of course, bird flu or avian influenza, especially the H5N1 strain. While we’re...
Ex CDC director predicts bird flu pandemic: What to know
The Hill· 2 days agoFormer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield says it’s just a...
Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance
Medical Xpress· 6 hours agoIt can also identify strains that resist antiviral treatment, and with further work, could...
Bird flu in Michigan: H5N1 Symptoms, what outbreak means for pets, why wastewater matters
Detroit Free Press· 2 days agoCalled highly pathogenic avian influenza, the H5N1 bird flu virus making headlines in Michigan and...
CDC identifies drug-resistant flu variant in the U.S.
Consumer Affairs· 1 day agoAs bird flu continues to make headlines, the more common variant of influenza hasn’t garnered as...
From chickens to foxes, here's how bird flu is spreading across the US
USA Today· 4 days agoA bird flu outbreak that has infiltrated six continents and is wreaking havoc in U.S. farms is among...
Researchers find bigger immune response to flu variants in people who were exposed in childhood
Medical Xpress· 5 hours agoAn international team of microbiologists and infectious disease specialists from Australia and the U.S. has found that children exposed to variants of influenza B demonstrate ...
What is bird flu and how worried should I be about a pandemic?
BBC via Yahoo News· 23 hours ago"We don't have to start from scratch with an influenza virus," she says. "And we have a good...
Birth year impacts long-term protection from influenza B
Cosmos· 14 hours agoA new Australian study has found that early exposure to the influenza B virus impacts how well a...
Experts: Nation needs to prepare for next pandemic, even if it's not bird flu
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe CDC has already contracted with a firm in North Carolina to produce 5 million doses of a vaccine...