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The virus hasn’t yet adapted to spread to humans, but it’s not getting any less likely.
Avian influenza infections in the US have been rising over the past year, but there’s no evidence so far that people can infect each other with this strain of the virus.
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.
Building on a storied history of engagement that supersedes partisan politics, there is no time to lose for Canada to strategically renew its role in global health.
COVID-19 exposed the many ways in which we were ill-prepared to prevent and respond to pandemics. Are we applying those lessons to prevent a bird flu pandemic?
With the devastating 1918 pandemic in mind, US health officials saw an outbreak in Asia and swung into action. What happened offers lessons for today.
Restrictions have recently been put in place in England and Scotland to curb the spread of bird flu.
The U.S. withdrawal from WHO has seismic implications on issues like prevention of future pandemics, and the stakes are especially high for Canada.
Officials have confirmed eight new outbreaks in Michigan poultry flocks since mid-December.
A recent study has generated alarming headlines, but it’s been unhelpfully exaggerated in the news.
The UK has bought 5 million doses of a vaccine to protect against bird flu.
Raw milk can carry many dangerous germs − now including the H5N1 virus that causes avian flu.
The major logistical barrier to implementing the recommendations of the COVID inquiry is the downsizing of key government agencies needed to do this work.
New laws in Canada will make it harder for whistleblowers to shed light on cruelty and malpractice in animal agriculture — and will hinder efforts to prevent the next global pandemic.
Rather than winging it when an unusual health event crops up, health officials take a systematic approach. The goal is to quickly figure out what’s going on and squash any outbreak before it spreads.
Pigs are an ideal ‘mixing vessel’ for avian and human viruses.
Pigs are ‘mixing vessels’ for different viruses – the perfect creature for swapping genes in.
Without a national One Health plan, Canada is vulnerable to threats from worsening climate change, accelerating biodiversity loss, pandemics and superbugs.
Millions of migratory birds are arriving on Australian shores this spring. Any one of them could bring the new, deadly strain known as H5N1. Extra government funding will help us prepare and respond.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Anthropologie, EHESS, CNRS, Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale, Collège de France, Auteurs historiques The Conversation France
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Professor and Webster Family Chair in Viral Pathogenesis, University of Otago
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Professor, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow
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Catedrático de Microbiología. Miembro de la Sociedad Española de Microbiología (SEM), Universidad de Navarra
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Professor of Immunology and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, University of Leeds
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Assistant Professor (McGill University - Animal Sciences), Adjunct Professor (University of Guelph - OVC), University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Associate Research Professor of Food Science, Penn State
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Executive Director, Global Nexus and M.G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University
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Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance; Scientific Co-Director, Bridge Research Consortium, Simon Fraser University
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Public Health Pathology, NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, University of Sydney