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Dangerous Gamble: U.S. Abandons Bird Flu Vaccine Preparedness
The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...
University steps up search for disease-spreading threats
The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching ...
South Africa reports H5N1 bird flu on poultry farms, international agency says
South Africa has reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on ...
H5N1 bird flu outbreak in South Africa: How dangerous is it, and what are the symptoms?
South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...
Raw milk and wild birds: How the bird flu strain raising alarm in the US could enter Europe
A strain of bird flu that has jumped from animals to people in the United States could find its way to Europe, EU scientists have warned in a new report. EU-US trade of “raw milk” products and wild ...
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Tackling communicable disease surveillance and misinformation in Canada
See related article at A crisis of communicable diseases is unfolding in North America, just as Canada’s health systems’ responses are being hampered by the dismantling of public health and research ...