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Continuing surveillance of emerging disease threats is vital for public health, national security
Basic public health protections help augment our national security protections,” particularly when it comes to emerging ...
Could Meta ending fact-checking lead to rise in health misinformation?
Meta announced this week it was ending third-party fact-checking and moving towards community notes. Some experts fear it could lead to a rise in health misinformation.
HMPV, RSV, H5N1: Why the world is under attack from respiratory viruses
Even as the world fixates on hMPV, a genuine pandemic threat is emerging in the form of H5N1 bird flu. The virus has jumped ...
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How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic
A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...
Bird flu cases surging in southern Minnesota, DNR says
By John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story OWATONNA, Minnesota (WCCO) — Southern Minnesota has been hit ...
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How worried should we be about a bird flu pandemic?
The first known death from a bird flu virus in the US has sparked fears about another pandemic, yet the overall risk to the general public still remains low ...
Bird flu will be the next pandemic unless health officials take 6 critical steps, experts say
In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were ...
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US poultry farms forced to eliminate 50,5 million chickens because of avian flu
More than 50,5 million birds in US poultry farms have been slaughtered because of outbreaks of avian flu among flocks in over forty states, according to the Department of Agriculture. The disease ...
Case of Bird Flu confirmed in Hyde County
A commercial operation in Hyde County has tested positive for Bird Flu. This is the first case of the disease in commercial ...