“Why scientists’ fears about bird flu are intensifying”

By Regina G. Barber, Will Stone, Rachel Carlson, and Rebecca Ramirez

“”This is like some brush burning around your house,” …”You better pay attention because it could turn into something else.””
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https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/1263339284/bird-flu-update-influenza

“Will bird flu spark a human pandemic?”
By Max Kozlov
.“Here, Nature talks to infectious-disease specialists about what they’re learning about how humans get sick from the virus, and the chances of a bird-flu pandemic.”
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00245-6

“How will federal health ‘black out’ affect bird flu response?”
By Safia Samee Ali

“President Donald Trump ordered a “blackout” for federal health agencies, which bans them from publishing external communication, but this cut-off could leave health care professionals and the public unable to appropriately respond to the increasing spread of bird flu.”
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https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/federal-health-black-out-bird-flu/

“What to Know About the CIA’s Conclusion that COVID-19 Came From a Lab”
By Jeffrey Kluger
“The debate is more than an academic one. If the virus indeed spilled over in a Wuhan wet market, the resulting seven million deaths worldwide make a strong case for better regulating the way we interact with the ecosystem, such as in outdoor food bazaars. If, instead, the pandemic was the result of what went on in a laboratory, then China, the U.S., and any other country that performs such biological tinkering are gravely in need of more oversight to make these labs safer.”
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https://time.com/7210348/covid-19-cia-lab-leak-conclusion/