How the U.S. Mishandled the Early Days of Bird Flu

H5N1 avian influenza has now reached almost 1,000 herds of dairy
cattle in 16 states and has infected around 66 people, many of them
agricultural workers, in the U.S. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by
Amy Maxmen, a public health reporter at KFF Health News, to get the
latest on bird flu. They explore how government and industry
players lost control of the outbreak and what we can do to prevent
a future pandemic of this evolving disease. Read the full story:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-has-spread-out-of-control-after-mistakes-by-u-s-government-and/
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