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Trump's stepped up immigration efforts hurt work to address bird flu among workers
The Trump Administration's zeal for rounding up and deporting those migrants is making efforts to combat bird flu harder as ...
Doctors: How likely is it that bird flu will spread to humans on a mass scale?
Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...
As bird flu hits cattle herds in U.S., scientists say these H5N1 factors worry them most
Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...
Commentary: How likely is it that bird flu will spread to humans on a mass scale?
As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have not materialized, and there is less cause for worry than there ...
Oregon health Q&A: How widespread is bird flu in Oregon
Questions are answered by experts at the Oregon Health Authority, other state agencies or community partners. Questions and ...
Bird flu studies show variant from 2016 was one mutation away from binding to human receptors
A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...
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Experimental bird flu vaccine excels in animal models
A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...
Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn
More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.
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Bird flu continues to spread among live poultry markets after shut down order
Bird flu cases continue to be detected in live poultry markets in the city two months after the state temporarily shut them ...
12 months and 70 cases since the first human bird flu infection: Are we any safer?
One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have been at least 70 cases since then.
Bird flu could be on the cusp of transmitting between humans − but there are ways to slow down viral evolution
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that ...