Bird flu
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Trump officials try to reverse DOGE-led firings
Speed Read Mass firings by Elon Musk's team have included employees working on the H5N1 bird flu epidemic and US nuclear weapons programs
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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New form of H5N1 bird flu found in US dairy cows
Speed Read This new form of bird flu is different from the version that spread through herds in the last year
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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California declares bird flu emergency
Speed Read The emergency came hours after the nation's first person with severe bird flu infection was hospitalized
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Bird flu one mutuation from human threat, study finds
Speed Read A Scripps Research Institute study found one genetic tweak of the virus could enable its spread among people
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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'Without mandatory testing, bird flu will continue circulating at farms across the country'
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By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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'The end result is all of humanity degraded'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US Published
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The Week Unwrapped: Are we ready for bird flu?
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By The Week Staff Published
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The bird flu fight is faltering
Talking Points Are pandemic lessons going unheeded?
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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Bird flu worries mount as virus found in milk, cows
Speed Read The FDA found traces of the virus in pasteurized grocery store milk
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Texas dairy worker gets bird flu from infected cow
Speed Read The virus has been spreading among cattle in Texas, Kansas, Michigan and New Mexico
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Two people test positive for bird flu on farm in England
Speed Read There is currently no evidence of the virus being transmitted between humans
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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H5N1: bird flu in mammals stoking fears of human ‘spill-over’
In Depth Avian flu in foxes, otters and mink has led to calls for greater international action
By Arion McNicoll Last updated
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The impact of the UK’s ‘phenomenal level’ of avian flu
feature Free-range chicken could disappear from UK shelves due to ‘endemic’ viral outbreak
By The Week Staff Last updated
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China reports first human case of H10N3 bird flu: how dangerous is it?
Speed Read Last significant outbreak of bird flu was in 2016 when 300 people died
By The Week Staff Last updated
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