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Upheaval in Washington Hinders Campaign Against Bird Flu
Determined to cut costs and manage communications, the Trump administration is moving too slowly to contain the virus, ...
How the influenza virus hijacks cell machinery to suppress immune alarm signals
The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread, according to researchers at ...
How the economy looked in President Trump's first 100 days
Nearly a hundred days into his second term, the Hearst Television Data Team analyzed movements in inflation and the stock ...
Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn
More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.
As bird flu hits cattle herds in U.S., scientists say these H5N1 factors worry them most
Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...
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Visiting the Titanic is suddenly a lot easier than you think
The scan of the storied ship was carried out over three weeks in 2022 by Magellan, a deep-sea mapping company based in the Channel Islands. Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, a new National ...
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Doctors: How likely is it that bird flu will spread to humans on a mass scale?
As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have not materialized, and there is less cause for worry than there was in the winter. Experts say the short-term risk of a pandemic is low ...
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UB study finds experimental bird flu vaccine excels in animal models
A vaccine under development at UB has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work, detailed in a study published April 17 in the ...
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Vaccine Stocks Rise on Growing Threat of Bird Flu Infections
However, the regulatory body remains vigilant and is even using its flu surveillance systems to monitor for H5N1 activity. Per the latest CDC data, nine states have confirmed bird flu cases in ...
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It used to be contained and sporadic, but this pandemic is happening at a scale never seen before
News outlets reported on a mystery illness in cows. Then, in March, H5N1 avian flu was diagnosed as the cause of the illness. It was unheard of for cows to get bird flu, so the diagnosis was not ...
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A Flagship Industry: Arkansas Poultry Industry Navigates Bird Flu and Builds Futures for Next Generation
“Avian influenza has been very active again in egg-layer communities ... information packets in both English and Spanish, a waterfowl migration map, and biosecurity training materials. However, all ...
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State officials detect bird flu in Tx Panhandle area mammals
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says recent testing has identified highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in mammals in Texas Panhandle counties. The Texas Parks ...