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Today β€” 17 June 2024Main stream

A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like.

17 June 2024 at 05:00
There is no guarantee that a person-to-person virus would be benign, scientists say, and vaccines and treatments at hand may not be sufficient.

Β© Guadalupe Pardo/Associated Press

Workers in Lima, Peru, collected dead pelicans from a beach in 2022. The H5N1 virus has been rapidly gaining new hosts.
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Bird Flu Has Infected a Third U.S. Farmworker

30 May 2024 at 15:45
The worker had respiratory symptoms, unlike the first two. But the risk to the public remains low, federal health officials said.

Β© Aaron Ontiveroz for The New York Times

A dairy farm in Colorado in 2019.

Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic

24 May 2024 at 13:57
Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set up surveillance systems.

Β© Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Last year’s World Health Assembly in Geneva. Member countries have failed to reach their goal of finalizing a pandemic treaty before this year’s session begins on Monday.

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

24 May 2024 at 10:40
The results bolster evidence that virus-laden raw milk may be unsafe for humans.

Β© Jonel Aleccia/Associated Press

Bottles of raw milk are displayed for sale at a store in Temecula, Calif.

A Second Dairy Worker Has Contracted Bird Flu, C.D.C. Reports

The new case, in a Michigan farmworker, did not suggest that bird flu was widespread in people, health officials said, adding that the risk to the general public remained low.

Β© Jackie Katz Cynthia Goldsmith/CDC, via Associated Press

An electron microscope image of an avian flu virion.

C.D.C. Warns of a Resurgence of Mpox

16 May 2024 at 14:53
A deadlier version of the infectious disease is ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the type that caused a 2022 outbreak among gay and bisexual men is regaining strength.

Β© Arlette Bashizi/Reuters

A health official investigating and treating a probable case of mpox at the Yalolia health center in Tshopo, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2022.

Did You Have Syphilis When You Were Pregnant? We Want to Hear From You.

15 May 2024 at 11:47
Congenital syphilis has risen significantly in the United States. The Times would like to talk to women who experienced the condition when pregnant and learn how they dealt with it.

Β© Nayan Sthankiya/Reuters

Syphilis during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage and stillbirth, and infants who survive may become blind or deaf or have severe developmental delays.

New Mutations Identified in Bird Flu Virus

A genetic analysis sheds light on when the outbreak began, how the virus spread and where it may be going.

Β© Eye of Science/Science Source

A color-enhanced transmission electron microscope image of bird flu viruses.
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