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We’re Dropping the Ball on Avian Flu Preparedness—Dangerously

Experts warn that the U.S. is dangerously unprepared for a potential H5N1 avian flu (bird flu) outbreak, despite a new $1 billion USDA plan aimed at curbing the threat.

Published: 2025-06-20 Virus Watcher Team
We’re Dropping the Ball on Avian Flu Preparedness—Dangerously

Experts warn that the U.S. is dangerously unprepared for a potential H5N1 avian flu (bird flu) outbreak, despite a new $1 billion USDA plan aimed at curbing the threat.

Although the current risk of the virus to humans is low, as reported by the CDC, the spread to humans and other mammals is concerning to Adalja. The more times the virus is able to infect these other species, “it will start to mutate, to be able to thrive in a mammalian organism.” This jump is what ...

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