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H5N1 bird flu spread ‘unprecedented,’ UN agency warns
A United Nations food agency warned that the continued spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus is an unprecedented food security risk that requires a coordinated global response. In a briefing held on ...
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H5N1 bird flu virus is infectious in raw milk cheese for months, posing risk to public health, study shows
The new study shows that this aging process may not inactivate the H5N1 virus, however, and it underscores the risk of consuming raw or undercooked foods during the bird flu outbreak, which ...
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U.N. agency warns bird flu spreading at 'unprecedented' scale, calls for global response
March 18 (UPI) --A United Nations health agency has called the spread of H5N1 bird flu "unprecedented" and called on world leaders to coordinate a global response. On Monday, the U.N.'s Food and ...
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H5N1's Growing Threat: Risks to Humans and Wildlife Are Increasing
Welcome and thanks for coming on. Bhadelia: Thanks for having me, Jeremy. Faust: So H5N1, just from your perspective, where are we right now? Bhadelia: Yeah, I think the general concern is that ...
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What is bird flu? Here's everything you need to know about the virus affecting chickens and dairy cattle
While there's no sign that H5N1 can be transmitted person to person at this point, some experts worry about the possibility of a pandemic if the virus continues to spread widely. Here's what you ...