“How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic”

By Amy Maxmen

“Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus shows no sign of slowing. The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states, by quickly identifying infected cows and taking measures to keep their infections from spreading. Now at least 875 herds across 16 states have tested positive.”

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https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2025/01/05/how-america-lost-control-bird-flu-setting-state-another-pandemic/

“Why The U.S. Could Be Making The Same Mistakes With Bird Flu As It Did With COVID-19”
By Omer Awan

“Some obvious questions remain- like how did the U.S. allow a patient to get severely ill from the virus? Also, are we repeating the same mistakes we made with the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020? Here are some reasons we may be repeating history.”

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/omerawan/2025/01/06/why-the-us-could-be-making-the-same-mistakes-with-bird-flu-as-it-did-with-covid-19/

“A lack of wastewater testing is blinding the Central Valley to its bird flu problem”
By Melissa Gomez and Susanne Rust

““If you’re tracking disease that spreads from animal to human, you want to be looking at rural areas, like the county of Tulare where there are more cows than there are people — yet there’s no testing of wastewater anywhere south of Fresno in the valley,” Hurtado said.”

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-06/central-valley-lack-of-wastewater-testing-for-bird-flu

“Canadian teen with bird flu was on life support, new report reveals”
By Nicole Karlis
“The next day doctors started her on oseltamivir, also known under the brand name Tamiflu. However, her respiratory functions declined rapidly causing her to be intubated. She was also placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a machine that is a form of life support for people with life-threatening illnesses. In addition to the ECMO machine, the teenager received a plasma exchange and two more antiviral medication treatments — amantadine and baloxavir.”
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https://www.salon.com/2025/01/06/new-report-on-severe-case-of-canadian-teen-with-bird-flu/