Is a bird flu pandemic really a risk to people in 2023? That is the question a group of researchers answered in an Early Release Original Publication posted today.
Since late 2021, the largest bird flu outbreak in history has impacted most countries.
In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a June 2023 Dispatch, Volume 29, Number 6, confirming a total of 39 states recently experienced outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in birds from commercial poultry farms and backyard flocks.
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