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The Bird Flu Virus Adapted to Sea Mammals. It May Not Be Done Yet.

Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found.

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Why the New Human Case of Bird Flu Is So Alarming

The third human case of H5N1, reported on Thursday in a farmworker in Michigan who was experiencing respiratory symptoms, tells…

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Bird Flu Virus Found in Beef Tissue

Muscle from a sick dairy cow tested positive for the virus. The meat did not enter the commercial food supply,…

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Milk Containing Bird-Flu Virus Can Sicken Mice, Study Finds

The results bolster evidence that virus-laden raw milk may be unsafe for humans.

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Bird Flu Is Our Fault

We don’t yet know if H5N1 bird flu will spill over from animals to infect a large number of humans.…

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Pasteurized Dairy Foods Free of Live Bird Flu, Federal Tests Confirm

But the scope of the outbreak among cattle remains uncertain, and little human testing has been done.

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Federal Officials Find No Live Bird Flu Virus in Initial Milk Tests

The early results suggest that pasteurization is killing the H5N1 virus in milk, something that regulators were not certain of.

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One in Five Milk Samples Nationwide Shows Genetic Traces of Bird Flu

There is no evidence that the milk is unsafe to drink, scientists say. But the survey result strongly hints that…

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As a Doctor, I Don’t Fear Covid as I Once Did. But I Carry Its Grave Lessons Forward.

Walking through the intensive care unit is often a lesson in how much there is to fear. Just a few…

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Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill Over Virology Research

Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic…

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