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How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic

KFF Health News

“It’s disheartening to see so many of the same failures that emerged during the covid-19 crisis reemerge,” said Tom Bollyky, director of the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. health security system that would allow other risky new pathogens to take root, too. “The U.S.

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How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

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Its disheartening to see so many of the same failures that emerged during the Covid-19 crisis re-emerge, said Tom Bollyky, director of the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. health security system that would allow other risky new pathogens to take root, too.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Public Health and the Dairy Cow in the Room

KFF Health News

Some of the biggest public health issues of the moment include childhood vaccination rates, and long covid and post-traumatic stress disorder cases among health care workers. Bird flu is top of mind for many in public health. But public health is going to look at the surrounding issues. We’re going into flu season.