“Dr. Dave Weldon, Trump’s C.D.C. Pick, Was Not on Anyone’s Radar” By Apoorva Mandavilli and Benjamin Mueller “Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Republican congressman who is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been off the political stage for more than 15 years.”“Yet over the years his
by Will Stone “But scientists are clear-eyed about the risk ahead. With reservoirs of virus persisting in dairy cattle, poultry and wild birds, there are ample opportunities for spillover into humans. Meanwhile, the virus is turning up in raw milk on store shelves. And flu season is raising the troubling prospect that bird flu could commingle with
By Erin Schumaker “President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University physician and economist known for his controversial views during the Covid-19 pandemic, as director of the National Institutes of Health.”…….. “Bhattacharya was one of the main authors of the Great Barrington Declaration. The open letter, published in October 2020 and signed by thousands of public
“Bird flu detected in raw milk sold in California, health officials say” California health officials warned the public to avoid drinking one batch of whole raw milk from Raw Farm, which has issued a voluntary recall. By Marlene Lenthang “Bird flu has been detected in a batch of raw milk sold in California stores, and the
“Health officials on Friday confirmed bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor. The child had mild symptoms, was treated with antiviral medication and is recovering, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in announcing the test results. State officials have said the child attends day care
By Tulio de Oliveira “Failure to control H5N1 among American livestock could have global consequences, and this demands urgent attention. The United States has done little to reassure the world that it has the outbreak contained.”………………….. “The world cannot afford to gamble with this virus, letting it spread in animals and hoping it never sparks a