The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird ...
The CDC recently reported findings from an analysis of specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who became severely ill from H5N1 avian flu, and found genetic mutations that, according to ...
Amid an increase in reported human cases of bird flu, health experts are warning of the potential for another pandemic.
Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House Coronavirus response coordinator during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term, ...
A medical expert who helped lead America’s COVID-19 response has warned that the ongoing bird flu (H5N1) epidemic can evolve into a pandemic if greater measures are not taken to stop the spread. Dr.
Birx added that her greatest fear is someone getting infected with bird flu during the regular seasonal flu, potentially ...
The outrage follows multiple public health figures—including Dr. Deborah Birx, who led the White House’s Covid-19 response, and former Planned Parenthood president Leana Wen—urging the public to take ...
Scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified mutations in H5N1 bird flu infections — in hospitalized patients in Louisiana and British Columbia — that may ...
In an unprecedented turn of events, H5N1 began infecting dairy cattle for the first time globally in early 2024.
“We kind of have our head in the sand about how widespread this is from the zoonotic standpoint, from the animal-to-human standpoint,” Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House Coronavirus Response ...