The US Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans
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February 7, 2025, 12:00 PM
- •The H5N1 bird flu virus has been on the warpath since 2022, infecting chickens, cows, wild birds and now pigs, ducks, cats and several other animals.
- •The Biden administration missed key opportunities to stop bird flu’s spread.
- •We have an H5N1 vaccine stockpile—but farmworkers aren’t getting it.
The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans: Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins.
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Megha Satyanarayana
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