By Tulio de Oliveira “As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads among animals in the United States. The pathogen poses a serious pandemic threat and has been detected in over 500 dairy herds in 15 states — which is probably an undercount. And yet, the U.S.

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Dr. Jonathan M. Metsch is: Clinical Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; and previously Affiliated Faculty, Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, C.U.N.Y., and Adjunct Professor at Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration and Rutgers School of Public Health.Jonathan

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