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Science: Why hasn’t the bird flu pandemic started?

AAAS | Science | If the world finds itself amid a flu pandemic in a few months, it won’t be a big surprise. Birds have been spreading a new clade of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, 2.3.4.4b, around the world since 2021. That virus spilled over to cattle in Texas about a year ago and[...]
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Colorado reports fourth US case of Avian Flu in Humans

July 3, 2024 — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Colorado Department of Agriculture, has identified a human case of avian influenza H5 infection associated with a multi-state outbreak of the virus in dairy cattle. The adult male, an employee at a[...]
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