How America lost control of the bird flu outbreak, setting the stage for another pandemic
In coming years, the bird flu may cost billions of dollars more in expenses and losses. Worse, the outbreak poses the threat ...
Will bird flu lead to another pandemic in the US? Experts weigh in as concerns grow
Doctors say the case of a teen left in critical condition shows H5N1 "can cause severe human illness." Mutations in the virus are deepening concerns about the spread of H5N1.
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Is Bird Flu a Potential Pandemic? Dangers of the Outbreak Explained
As the bird flu situation develops in the U.S., scientists told Newsweek the virus could become a pandemic--depending on what happens next. Right now, California is the epicenter of the outbreak ...
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Two ways bird flu could cause a human pandemic
but this child tested positive for a strain of bird flu, called H5N1, which infectious disease experts worry could fuel the next human pandemic. The virus first emerged on poultry farms in Hong ...
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'Knocking On Our Door': Experts Warn Of Bird Flu's Pandemic Threat
And if a bird flu pandemic was to break out, it would be "remarkably severe" in humans because we have no built-up immunity, she added. The US farm worker cases have been relatively mild so far.
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Opinion: A bird flu pandemic would be one of the most foreseeable catastrophes in history
But if there is a bird flu pandemic soon, it will be among the most foreseeable catastrophes in history. Devastating influenza pandemics arise throughout the ages because the virus is always ...
As pace and severity of human H5N1 cases accelerate, NIH leaders call for more action on bird flu
Most human cases of bird flu in North America have been mild, a fact that’s underscored by a new study of the first 46 ...
Bird Flu Warning Over New Virus Risk: 'Significant Public Health Concern'
Public health officials have warned that new mutations of bird flu with human flu could have dangerous consequences.