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infectious disease
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Mega-Farms Are Driving the Threat of Bird Flu
In the West, where herds of thousands of cattle are common, researchers are seeing cases rise at poultry…
How safe is the US food supply?
Produce has been the source of many foodborne illness outbreaks in the US this year The Image Party/Shutterstock…
Bird flu antibodies found in dairy workers in Michigan and Colorado
Farm workers exposed to infected dairy cattle have been found to carry bird flu antibodies Helen King/Getty Images…
Bird flu infects a pig in the US, potentially raising risks to humans
Every time H5N1 infects a mammal, it has a chance to develop mutations that make it more transmissible…
Bird Flu Fears Stoke the Race for an mRNA Flu Vaccine
It isn’t necessarily obvious what part of a flu virus any potential mRNA vaccine should aim for. “You…
XEC: What we know about the new covid-19 variant and its symptoms
Covid-19 variant XEC may spread more easily than previous variants Jarun Ontakrai/Shutterstock A new covid-19 variant called XEC…
Bird flu virus that infected a person in Missouri had a rare mutation
Genetic analysis of a bird flu virus detected in a person in Missouri who didn’t previously have contact…
The Bird Flu Outbreak Takes a Mysterious Turn
This year in the United States, 14 people have tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu. Nine…
Why Polio Has Reemerged in Gaza
Why are most cases of polio vaccine-derived variants? Most cases of paralytic polio are now vaccine-derived due to…
The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise
The disease is spread by two types of mosquito. The first is a species called Culiseta melanura, or…