Infections: News and Research on Influenza in Birds

MeSH tree: C01.925.782.620.300

Silencing science: How Trump is reshaping US public health

Medical researchers forced to compile national data by hand, silence on a major tuberculosis outbreak, and the erasure of gender references: the Trump administration has pushed the US public health system into uncharted territory.

Video: H5N1 bird flu infections continue to rise

H5N1 bird flu, also known as avian influenza, continues to spread, with reports of a third human case from an unknown exposure source. To date, 67 cases have been confirmed, and one death has been reported in the U.S.

Bird flu studies delayed as White House halts CDC reports

As a bird flu outbreak escalates across the U.S., the Trump administration has paused the release of key public health studies, stalling research that could provide insight into how the virus spreads to animals and people.

CDC ordered to end WHO collaboration

Staff at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been told to stop communication with the World Health Organization (WHO), in the wake of President Donald Trump's order withdrawing from the health agency.

New strain of bird flu confirmed in US

A new strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck farm in California, the first time the variant has been discovered in poultry in the United States, an international agency said.

page 5 from 12