Bird flu could be on the cusp of transmitting between humans—but there are ways to slow down viral evolution
We cannot predict the finer details of a particular outbreak or a particular storm, but we can often identify when these ...
Trump’s response to bird flu could be the defining test of his second term
The warning from the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization came on March 17, the same day the a new U.S. outbreak of ...
Flu vaccines are now available for 2025. What's on offer and which one should I get?
It's difficult to predict what this year's flu season is going to be like. But it's a good time to start thinking about ...
Bird flu is creeping toward human transmission − how do we stop it?
When a disease-causing pathogen such as a flu virus is already adapted to infect a particular animal species, it may ...
Opinion
Trump's Plan To Combat Bird Flu Will Ensure More Bird Flu | Opinion
Three years into the epidemic that has claimed the lives of nearly 170 million farmed birds and caused 70 known human infections nationwide, Trump's newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture Brooke ...
The plot chickens: Why the price of eggs is soaring (in some parts)
Bird flu, politics and a Presidential election are among the factors. But eggs are a trade-off in other ways too. Mridula ...
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The Next Flu Pandemic Could Be Worse Than Covid If We Don't Heed History
In the pivotal book The Great Influenza ... recombines with an H5N1 avian flu virus—which has historically killed about half of those it has infected, although this number has varied widely ...