MIT Technology Review2h
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 ...
Infectious Disease Doctors Concerned About the First U.S. Bird Flu Death
The U.S. has experienced its first death from H5N1 bird flu. Here’s what happened, plus how concerned you should be, ...
Does the First U.S. Death Mean Bird Flu Is Getting More Dangerous?
Any time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction. When ...
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 ...
Bird flu death: Here's what you need to know about H5N1 virus
CDC reported the death of a person due to the H5N1 bird flu virus. Bird flu spreads from animals and birds to humans. The ...
11 people in Oakland County had contact with H5N1-infected backyard flock, 2 are now sick
Two people are sick in Oakland County and nine others are being monitored after they had contact with H5N1 bird flu from an ...
The American Journal of Managed Care14h
Bird Flu Risk Remains Low, Despite First Reported Death
The bird flu, also known as avian influenza and H5N1, was implicated in the first human death from the infectious disease on ...
Can You Get Bird Flu From Grocery Store Eggs? A Safety Expert Explains
As bird flu cases crop up across the country, here's what a food safety expert wants you to know about getting the virus from ...
STAT2h
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 ...
New Scientist13h
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 ...