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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 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 ...
What's causing bird flu to surge? Probably climate change, experts say
Extreme weather events could also displace bird habitats, change the way they access food, and consequently impact the way ...
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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 ...
U.S. Bird Flu Death Stokes Fears of Another Pandemic. What History Can Teach Us.
There have been four flu pandemics since the start of the 20th century. What we’ve learned—and why we still can’t predict the ...
Fearing another pandemic, people are prepping for bird flu. Should you?
This means when Moffitt is at the grocery store, she picks up extra gallons of water to store in case of an emergency. She ...
Bird flu found in Caroline County marks first case in Maryland chickens since 2023
Maryland has recorded its first case of bird flu in more than a year, after the virus was confirmed at a Caroline County farm ...
How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic
The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states. Now at least ...
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Bird poop may be the key to stopping the next flu pandemic. Here's why
Scientists and virologists are trying to find a way to stop the next flu pandemic, including the current strain of bird flu ...
Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment
America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.