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Scarcity of bird flu tests makes it difficult to guage the spread and detect possible pandemic stage --experts

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Bird Flu Tests Are Hard To Get. So How Will We Know When To Sound the Pandemic Alarm? - KFF Health News If widely used, flu tests could be helpful now. In the meantime, the government needs to clear a path for H5N1 tests, researchers warn, to avoid the early missteps of the covid pandemic. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Some states say their hands are tied in restricting the sale of raw milk because of bird flu

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As FDA urges crackdown on bird flu in raw milk, some states say their hands are tied While raw milk can't be sold over state lines, some states permit sales within their borders. CBS News
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Supreme Court to hear hospital payment case; Congressional efforts against administration's nursing home staffing quotas

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Supreme Court will hear case claiming US underpays hospitals serving needy patients The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit by more than 200 hospitals that serve low-income populations accusing the federal government of shortchanging them on Medicare funding by about $1.5 billion per year. Brendan Pierson Reuters
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Analysis of how the NIH $4 billion funded the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic response

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How $4 billion funded the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic response (medicalxpress.com)

New University of Virginia School of Medicine research is shedding light on how federal funding helped scientists understand the COVID-19 virus, develop new treatments and deploy lifesaving vaccines in record time.

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Opinion: Bird flu has spread to humans — are we too late to prevent the next pandemic?

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The bird flu outbreak has spread to humans — are we too late to prevent the next pandemic? Since March 29, there has been a major dairy cow outbreak with 66 infected herds across nine U.S. states. ckulat The Hill
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Jury convicts 5 of 7 defendents for $250 million diversion of Covids funds intended for child feeding program

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5 of 7 defendants convicted of misusing Covid relief money meant to feed children The federal fraud trial was the first in a $250 million scheme that prosecutors said was the largest of its kind. NBC News

A Minnesota jury on Friday found five of seven defendants guilty of most of the crimes they faced related to a scheme in which they misused millions of dollars meant to feed children during the pandemic.

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Overview COVID, Bird Flu, Polio cases

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Quick Takes: US COVID-19 levels, H5N1, and Polio The last data from the CDC show upticks in early COVID-19 indicators, but severity indicators remain unchanged from the previous week. CIDRAP

 

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Because bird flu is infecting dairy cattle, U.S. FDA asks some states to curb sales of raw milk

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With bird flu infecting dairy cattle, FDA asks some states to curb sales of raw milk | CNN As the H5N1 bird flu virus spreads through dairy cattle, the US Food and Drug Administration is asking states to take more steps to protect the public from the risks of raw milk.In an open letter posted to the agency’s website on Friday, it urged states to warn the public more strongly about the dangers of raw milk and to test herds that produce it for sale. Brenda Goodman CNN <
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Opinion: The U.S. Needs A Better Testing Playbook For Future Public Health Emergencies

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The United States Needs A Better Testing Playbook For Future Public Health Emergencies The absence of a comprehensive national playbook for developing and deploying testing has hindered the United States’ ability to rapidly suppress recent biological emergencies (for example, the COVID-19 pandemic and outbreaks of mpox). We describe here the Testing Playbook for Biological Emergencies, a national testing playbook we developed. It includes a set of decisions and actions for US officials to take at specific times during infectious disease emergencies to implement testing rapidly and to ensure that available testing meets clinical and public health needs.
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