The World Health Organization considers the virus a public health concern because of its potential to cause a pandemic, yet the U.S. has tested only about 45 people across the country.
Clues from bird flu’s ground zero on dairy farms in the Texas Panhandle
A menagerie of other animals have been infected by H5N1, and at least one person in Texas. But what scientists fear most is if the virus were to spread efficiently from person to person.
WHO overturns dogma on airborne disease spread. The CDC might not act on it.
The World Health Organization has issued a report that transforms how the world understands respiratory infections like COVID-19, influenza, and measles.
Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission
It’s a dangerous shift driven by a critical mass of people who now reject decades of science backing the safety and effectiveness of childhood vaccines.
‘Emergency’ or not, COVID is still killing people. Here’s what doctors advise to stay safe.