MEDICAL
Underfunded and Overwhelmed: U.S. Faces Measles and Bird Flu Outbreaks Amid CDC Cuts
The U.S. is facing a dual threat—measles outbreaks in Texas and growing concerns over bird flu in mammals—all while the CDC struggles with deep budget cuts. Can our public health system keep up?
Single bird flu mutation could let it latch easily to human cells, study finds
Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute are reporting that it would take just a single mutation in the version of bird flu that has swept through U.S. dairy herds to produce a virus adept at latching on to human cells, a much simpler step than previously...
Bird flu is confirmed in hospitalized Canadian teen
Health officials on Wednesday confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen and said the virus was related to a poultry outbreak in the province.
The CDC is preparing for a winter with ‘3 bugs
Even as the nation is faced with blistering heat waves this summer, Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is already thinking ahead to cold and flu season this winter. “We’re going to have three bugs out there, three viruses:...