Should We Be Worried About Bird Flu? Public Health Experts Say Yes

Should We Be Worried About Bird Flu? Public Health Experts Say Yes

Bird flu is spreading on farms and infecting people. If the current response to the virus is a trial run in pandemic preparedness, we've failed it.

Public Health Experts Claim We Should Be Afraid of Bird Flu

Scientists and public health experts continue to be concerned about the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu). They are saying it is something the general public should be afraid of, and worry it’ll become the next pandemic. This virus typically infects birds, including poultry used for meat and eggs, and there’s a current outbreak that has affected close to 150 million birds. Due to culling policies in the United States and abroad, the b…

We’re Dropping The Ball on Bird Flu Preparedness—Dangerously

In recent months, it has become harder to track the spread of bird flu on farms, creating a danger to public health, according to Amesh Adalja, a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports the virus has affected well over 150 million poultry in commercial and backyard flocks in the United States. And 17 states have reported outbreaks in dairy cows. But since President Trump took …