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H5N1 Bird Flu

H5N1 bird flu update: Stories include the risk of avian flu transmission to humans, what would be needed for wide availability of a H5N1 vaccine, the perils of bird flu virus in raw milk, and scientific concerns about a potential pandemic.

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Health Helen Branswell

Q&A: How California, now an epicenter for bird flu in dairy cattle, is monitoring the virus

Health Helen Branswell

Was Missouri’s bird flu case a one-off or something more? Quest for answers faces testing delay

Health Helen Branswell

Four more health care workers reported illnesses after caring for bird flu case in Missouri

First Opinion Ranu Dhillon, Abraar Karan, and Devabhaktuni Srikrishna

Sequencing wastewater material may be the key to getting a grip on the H5N1 bird flu outbreak

Politics Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: Head of national stockpile addresses Congress’ criticisms of outbreak response

Health Helen Branswell

Second health care worker tied to Missouri bird flu case had respiratory symptoms

Health Helen Branswell

Q&A: The U.S. can, and should, do more on H5N1 bird flu, a top WHO official says

Health Helen Branswell

Inquiry into unexplained bird flu case in Missouri broadens to a close contact

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Morning Rounds Brittany Trang

Monica from ‘Friends’, RFK Jr., and how many ‘r’s are in ‘strawberry’

Health Megan Molteni

California, nation’s largest milk producer, confirms bird flu outbreaks in three dairy cow herds

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Helen Branswell

CDC slightly increases risk bird flu could cause a pandemic in latest assessment

Health Helen Branswell

CDC will offer seasonal flu shots to farmworkers to lower bird flu risk

Health Helen Branswell

Could cow vaccines help halt the spread of bird flu in U.S. herds? Experts are divided

Health Helen Branswell

Bird flu snapshot: Upstart manufacturers in low- and middle-income countries to start early vaccine work

Health Megan Molteni

Bird flu that infected 6 Colorado poultry workers is closely related to the virus in cows

Health Andrew Joseph

USDA maintains bird flu can be eliminated from dairy cows, even as doubts mount among experts

Health Eric Boodman

Despite bird flu anxiety in the dairy barn, a yearly tradition carries on at an Iowa county fair

Health Helen Branswell

Bird flu snapshot: As the number of infected dairy herds mount, so too does pessimism about driving H5N1 out of cows

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Letters from readers on schools and bird flu, opioid ‘overprescribing,’ and more

First Opinion Mario Ramirez

Preparing schools for the H5N1 bird flu they’re likely to face

First Opinion Podcast Rick Berke and Helen Branswell

Anthony Fauci on presidents, bird flu, and turning down a multimillion-dollar job

In the Lab Megan Molteni

New study sparks debate about whether H5N1 virus in cows is adapted to better infect humans

Health Megan Molteni

Bird flu snapshot: Live H5N1 virus grown from raw milk samples as Delaware moves to legalize its sale

Health Nicholas Florko

Raw milk mania grips Delaware, despite warnings over bird flu and E. coli

Health Andrew Joseph

As bird flu spreads among U.S. cattle, veterinarians find themselves in a familiar position: the frontlines

Health Megan Molteni

CDC looks to expand capacity to test for H5N1 bird flu in people

Health Helen Branswell

Moderna receives $176 million from BARDA for mRNA influenza vaccines

Health Helen Branswell

Bird flu snapshot: A pathologist sees familiar echoes in U.S. response to the outbreak

The Readout LOUD Allison DeAngelis and Brittany Trang

Medicare coverage for GLP-1 drugs, AI, and health care at the presidential debate