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Scientists warn of urgent need for H5N1 bird flu pandemic preparations

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 07, 2025
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Leading scientists are warning that H5N1 bird flu's spread through dairy cattle and recent human infections demands urgent pandemic preparations.

The virus has already achieved something alarming – successfully jumping between mammalian species and adapting to spread among dairy cattle, while causing sporadic human illnesses, …

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