New bird flu variant raises concern about Trump administration's cuts in information flow
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Second type of bird flu spilled over and detected in US dairy cows
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Bird flu concerns increase with dozens of new cases in wild birds.
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Bird flu: Trump administration’s communication freeze restricted access to critical information--veterinarians
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... the Trump administration has blocked the release of some of the information used to protect against H5N1 and understand this risk, including studies that show how frequently veterinarians who treat cows had been unknowingly infected.
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Bird flu situation in U.S. enters new phase
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Vird flu is adapting to new mammalian hosts, raising the possibility of the virus spreading between humans --experts .
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Although many of the infections have been mild, emerging data indicate that variants of the avian influenza virus H5N1 that are spreading in North America can cause severe disease and death, especially when passed directly to humans from birds. The virus is also adapting to new hosts — cows and other mammals — raising the risk that it could spark a human pandemic.
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US urged to do more to fight bird flu after first death
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...Health experts around the world have for months been urging US authorities to increase surveillance and share more information about its bird flu outbreak after the virus started spreading among dairy cows for the first time. ...
Tom Peacock, a virologist at the Imperial College London, said he thought "the biggest error the US has made is its slow and weak response to the cattle outbreak"
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Bird flu: What could happen with virus in 2025?
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...public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible, amplifying the need to ramp up testing and to stockpile vaccines.
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Biden administration commits an additional $306 million toward battling bird flu and will distribute the funds before Trump takes office.
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The Biden administration, in a final push to shore up the nation’s pandemic preparedness before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office, announced on Thursday that it would nearly double the amount of money it was committing to ward off a potential outbreak of bird flu in humans.
Federal health officials have been keeping a close eye on H5N1, a strain of avian influenza that is highly contagious and lethal to chickens, and has spread to cattle. The virus has not yet demonstrated that it can spread efficiently among people.
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Analysis: Key warning signs about bird flu are all going in the wrong direction
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...No bird flu transmission between humans has been documented, and the CDC maintains that the immediate risk to public health is low. But scientists are increasingly worried, based on four key signals.
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