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World on the brink of a disastrous bird flu outbreak: Highly pathogenic H5N1 virus may lead to another pandemic, is more transmissible to humans
A top expert warns that the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus is poised to explode into a disastrous pandemic, and we're not ready. Professor Chris Dyeshares that bird flu should be the one people are ...
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H5N1 bird flu is evolving to better infect mammals, CDC study suggests
H5N1 bird flu is getting better at spreading ... they placed infected and healthy ferrets in adjacent cages separated by a ...
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What Happened to the Canadian Teen Who Became Critically Ill With H5N1 Bird Flu?
Opens in a new tab or window Canadian public health officials closed their investigation into the teenager who became critically ill with the H5N1 bird flu virus, with no source of infection ...
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A single mutation could make bird flu much worse, study finds
In the lab, the authors of the study found that a single mutation in the primary protein, hemagglutinin (which is what the H in H5N1 stands for) could give it the ability to cling onto receptors ...
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US to start nationwide testing for H5N1 flu virus in milk supply
On Friday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would begin a nationwide testing program for the presence of the H5N1 flu virus, also known as the bird flu. Testing will focus ...
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USDA announces new milk testing order for H5N1 bird flu
6 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of Agriculture Friday announced a new national milk testing order to check for H5N1 bird flu ... U.S. News // 10 hours ago Wall Street rally hits year-end snag ...