“‘A Dangerous Virus’: Bird Flu Enters a New Phase”
By Apoorva Mandavilli
“A human pandemic is not inevitable, even now, more than a dozen experts said in interviews. But a series of developments over the past few weeks indicates that the possibility is no longer remote.
Toothless guidelines, inadequate testing and long delays in releasing data — echoes of the missteps during the Covid-19 pandemic — have squandered opportunities for containing the outbreak, the experts said.”…
“In one example emblematic of the disarray, a few dairy herds in Idaho that were infected with bird flu in the spring displayed mild symptoms for a second time in the late fall, The New York Times has learned.”
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“US reports first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry”
By Reuters
“The United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry on a duck farm in California, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday.”…
“The strain that has caused most damage in recent years has been H5N1. H5N9 is rarer.
“This is the first confirmed case of HPAI H5N9 in poultry in the United States,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in the report to the WOAH.”
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https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-reported-first-outbreak-h5n9-bird-flu-poultry-woah-says-2025-01-27/
‘Grossly irresponsible’: health experts urge US to control bird flu
https://www.ft.com/content/8eb284d4-d853-4a0a-a8c0-5173d1a6d666
Bird flu prevention zone imposed across England
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly9r71pn91o
“CIA says lab leak most likely source of Covid outbreak”
By Holly Honderich
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9qjjj4zy5o
“What is HMPV and how does it spread?”
By Kelly Ng & Jennifer Clarke
“A surge in cases of the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China has raised fears of another Covid-style pandemic.”
“They say China and other countries are simply experiencing the seasonal increase in HMPV typically seen in winter.”
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23vjg7v7k0o