RFK Jr.’s Strategy for the Bird Flu Epidemic: Spread, Baby, Spread
Since being nominated as America’s new health czar, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said and done a lot of questionable stuff, the ...
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Why Are Flu And Other Viral Infection Rates So High This Year?
Of course, there’s RSV and COVID and now concerns about bird flu ... surge. Flu is higher than it has been in decades. Is it a coincidence that this is all happening at the same time, or do they ...
If bird flu jumps to humans, immunity from seasonal flu may offer some protection
Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...
New strain of bird flu wipes out Mississippi poultry farm; human flu may offer immunity
H7N9 — is detected in at a poultry farm; scientists learn that past human flu exposure may provide some immunity to H5N1.
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RFK, Jr. Wants to Let Bird Flu Spread on Poultry Farms. Why Experts Are Concerned
Health secretary RFK, Jr. has repeatedly suggested that farmers should let bird flu spread through flocks. Experts explain ...
Bird flu continues to spread as Trump’s pandemic experts are MIA
As bird flu continues to rampage in dairy farms and poultry facilities around the country, the office tasked with coordinating the federal government's response to pandemic threats, including bird flu ...
What to know about the bird flu outbreak in wild birds and what it means for backyard bird feeders
Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has been ...
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How vulnerable might humans be to bird flu? Scientists see hope in existing immunity
Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services suggests letting bird flu spread naturally through poultry farms
A controversial proposal from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally ...
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Bird Flu Spread to Humans May Be a Few Mutations Away, but Overall Risk Is Low
Some animals can be infected both with the bird flu virus and with the human flu; they’re biologically able to do that. That animal, notoriously, is the pig. Back in 2009, we had swine flu ...
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Bird flu suspected in deaths of six swans in Westborough, Massachusetts
THERE HAVE BEEN NO KNOWN HUMAN CASES OF BIRD FLU IN MASSACHUSETTS, BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WARNING IF YOU SEE A DEAD BIRD, DO NOT TOUCH IT WITH YOUR BARE HANDS. KEEP YOUR PETS AWAY FROM DEAD ...