A new UV light may help stop future pandemics
Five years after COVID-19 first hit the United States, scientists are already brainstorming how to stop the next big virus.
Apr 10, 2025
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Infections: News and Research on Influenza in Birds
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Liquid egg products recalled over possible bleach contamination
More than 212,000 pounds of liquid egg substitutes have been recalled because they may be contaminated with a cleaning solution that contains bleach.
Apr 8, 2025
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AI is for the birds: How machine learning can help predict and manage avian flu outbreaks
The active and ongoing global spread of avian influenza virus has impacted more than 14 million birds in Canada and 160 million in the U.S..
Mar 31, 2025
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RFK Jr's 'Healthy Again' agenda begins with massive health dept layoffs
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced plans to cut a quarter of his department's workforce as part of a sweeping restructuring, framed as a push to prioritize chronic disease prevention under his ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Heeding the lessons of COVID-19 in the face of avian influenza
Infectious disease outbreaks have a bad habit of piling on at the worst possible times.
Mar 25, 2025
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5 years on, true counts of COVID-19 deaths remain elusive, and research is hobbled by lack of data
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers struggled to grasp the rate of the virus's spread and the number of related deaths. While hospitals tracked cases and deaths within their walls, the broader picture ...
Mar 20, 2025
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Five years after the pandemic, the world is poorly prepared for another one
In Europe, ten people died from measles in 2024, and the US has had several major outbreaks. Bird flu has affected dairy herds in 17 US states from North Carolina to California and has just been reported in cats. So far, ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Scientists decide makeup of the 2025 flu vaccine
The Francis Crick Institute hosted scientists from across the world last week for a series of data presentations and deliberations, culminating in a decision on which influenza virus strains will be in the vaccines for the ...
Mar 3, 2025
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Five years post-COVID pandemic, are we ready for the next one?
Five years ago, on a late Monday evening in March, Gov. Brian Kemp and his top health aides hastily called a news conference at the Capitol to make an announcement that would touch every person in Georgia.
Mar 3, 2025
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US cancels Ebola aid in Uganda despite Elon Musk's claims
Hours after billionaire Elon Musk told the president's Cabinet that the U.S. had quickly restored canceled aid to fight Ebola in Uganda, the Trump administration officially ended at least four of five U.S.-funded Ebola contracts ...
Feb 28, 2025
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