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Exclusive: Emails Reveal How Health Departments Struggle To Track Human Cases of Bird Flu

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“[REDACTED] does not feel that they need MSU Extension to come out,” she added, referring to outreach to farmworkers provided by Michigan State University. “We have had multiple dairies refuse a site visit,” wrote the communicable disease program manager in Weld, Colorado, in a July 2 email. .

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

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. “Even if there’s only a 5% chance of a bird flu pandemic happening, we’re talking about a pandemic that probably looks like 2020 or worse,” said Tom Peacock, a bird flu researcher at the Pirbright Institute in the United Kingdom, referring to covid-19. “The U.S. Sign up for its newsletters here.

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

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Even if theres only a 5% chance of a bird flu pandemic happening, were talking about a pandemic that probably looks like 2020 or worse, said Tom Peacock, a bird flu researcher at the Pirbright Institute in the United Kingdom, referring to Covid-19. health security system that would allow other risky new pathogens to take root, too.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Dismantling of HHS

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The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” Learn more about KFF. USE OUR CONTENT This story can be republished for free ( details ).