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Is Bird Flu a Potential Pandemic? Dangers of the Outbreak Explained
As the bird flu situation develops in the U.S., scientists told Newsweek the virus could become a pandemic--depending on what happens next. Right now, California is the epicenter of the outbreak ...
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Two ways bird flu could cause a human pandemic
but this child tested positive for a strain of bird flu, called H5N1, which infectious disease experts worry could fuel the next human pandemic. The virus first emerged on poultry farms in Hong ...
Popular Science29d
The first confirmed, severe human case of bird flu is here
Related: Can we prevent a bird flu pandemic in humans?] Bird flu has been circulating widely among wild and farmed birds in the U.S. since 2022. Many mammals have also been infected in the ...
Newsweek19d
Bird Flu Mutation: Risk of New Pandemic Explained
After Louisiana reported the first "severe" case of bird flu, however, Osterholm urged federal officials to prepare for a possible pandemic. Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House COVID-19 response ...
STAT21d
Prepare now to use convalescent plasma for the next pandemic
It might not happen, but eventually, some global or regional pandemic will occur — whether it’s bird flu or a yet unidentified “disease X” pathogen. When that happens, convalescent plasma ...