‘We will not comply’: Right-wingers refuse recommendations to stop the spread of bird flu
The outrage follows multiple public health figures—including Dr. Deborah Birx, who led the White House’s Covid-19 response, and former Planned Parenthood president Leana Wen—urging the public to take ...
Health expert warns bird flu may become a pandemic like COVID-19
A medical expert who helped lead America’s COVID-19 response has warned that the ongoing bird flu (H5N1) epidemic can evolve into a pandemic if greater measures are not taken to stop the spread. Dr.
We ‘have our head in the sand’: Health experts warn US isn’t reacting fast enough to threat of bird flu
The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird ...
As Bird Flu Concerns Increase, Don’t Forget About Normalcy Bias
Remember how few governments, businesses, and individual decision-makers were able to respond effectively to the last ...
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Do I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Here's how to tell the difference
Amid the holidays, cold, flu and COVID-19 viruses are circulating. While the three illnesses share some commonalities, key differences set them apart. Peak flu season is here, running from ...
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Bird Flu Mutation: Risk of New Pandemic Explained
After Louisiana reported the first "severe" case of bird flu, however, Osterholm urged federal officials to prepare for a possible pandemic. Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House COVID-19 response ...
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First human bird flu case confirmed in Stanislaus County
SO WITH THAT, WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE BIRD FLU IN YOUR COUNTY RIGHT NOW ... So far, there has not been person-to-person spread like with COVID-19. State and federal health officials ...
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Experts say US government response to bird flu has been inadequate, rife with failures
Even if the case fatality rate is much lower for this strain of the bird flu, COVID-19 showed how devastating a 1% death rate can be when a virus spreads easily. Like other cases around the world ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat4d
North Bay health officials address bird flu threat with this advice: Avoid raw dairy products and get your seasonal flu vaccine
Gavin Newsom last week declared an emergency stemming from bird flu’s spread in dairy herds ... pandemic after the stress and toll of COVID-19,” Green said. Wu, the Napa County public health ...
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We ‘have our head in the sand’: Health experts warn US isn’t reacting fast enough to threat of bird flu
The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird flu that keep showing signs of their own pandemic potential ...
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Bird Flu Samples From Very Ill Patient Had ‘Concerning’ Mutations
Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there is no sign that mutations are widespread in nature. By Benjamin ...
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Letters to the Editor: L.A. Times’ coverage of the bird flu is a great public service
To the editor: Thanks to The Times’ editorial staff for publishing Dr. Peter Chin-Hong’s Dec. 20 opinion piece, “Bird flu is coming ... darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I deeply ...