A looming global threat: H5N1 virus decimates wildlife, disrupts ecosystems and endangers human health
We live in an era when human activities are negatively modifying the world at alarming rates. We are experiencing a massive ...
What is bird flu? Here's everything you need to know about the virus affecting chickens and dairy cattle
The ongoing bird flu outbreak has led to wild bird deaths, slaughtered livestock, and hazardous conditions for dairy industry ...
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Are We on the Cusp of a Major Bird Flu Outbreak?
Bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has been circulating across North America since 2022, infecting birds, livestock, wildlife ...
Measles is unlike other viruses: What to know about long-term complications
Measles is unlike other childhood viruses. In severe cases, it can cause pneumonia. About 1 in 1,000 patients develops ...
Portable biosensor can detect airborne bird flu in under five minutes
As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, ...
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Pandemic ushered in costly increase in testing for respiratory pathogens, study finds
A study today in JAMA Network Open suggests the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increased respiratory pathogen testing ...
‘Start planning for bird flu pandemic NOW’ expert warns amid fears highly pathogenic virus spreads by WIND
WE must act now to stop a bird flu pandemic and “save lives,” experts warn. The H5N1 strain has already spread from birds to ...
St. Louis lab unveils quicker bird flu detection technology
On Your Side's Annie Krall visited a lab at Washington University that's working to develop a new biosensor combatting the ...
State experts raise alarms about the nation’s readiness to respond to bird flu: ‘It may erupt’
Gaps in surveillance and cuts by the Trump administration to medical research threaten to undermine efforts to contain a ...