Could bird flu pandemic 'dwarf' COVID-19?
For the first time, a person in the United States has died after being infected with the bird flu. The World Health Organization says the risk of infection for the general population remains low, but as VOA’s Dora Mekouar reports,
Is bird flu the next pandemic? What to know after the first H5N1 death in the US
With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking about a new virus that was sending people to the hospital with respiratory infections.
First U.S. Death From Bird Flu Reported in Louisiana
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Does the First U.S. Death Mean Bird Flu Is Getting More Dangerous?
Any time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction. When someone dies from the bird flu—as an elderly Louisiana man did on Jan. 6,
What health experts believe will happen with bird flu in 2025
The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible.
What Does First U.S Bird Flu Death Tell Experts about Disease Severity?
Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild
Bird flu risk remains low after first US death, WHO says
The risk to the general population from H5N1 bird flu remains low, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday, following the first death of a patient from the virus in the United States.
On This Day, Jan. 9: 1st known U.S. COVID-19 death takes place in Kansas
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Did Yale Scientists Find COVID-19 Spike Proteins in Vaccinated People? What We Know About Rumor
Speculation about the alleged findings of a study on long COVID and post-vaccination syndrome spread widely among vaccine ...
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5 graphs that show how the world suddenly changed when covid-19 hit
From carbon emissions to the share price of videoconferencing firm Zoom, these graphs tell the story of how the covid-19 ...
Why The U.S. Could Be Making The Same Mistakes With Bird Flu As It Did With COVID-19
The first severe human case of bird flu was recently reported in the U.S. Here are some ways the U.S. may be repeating the ...
Covid-19: Over 7 Million Deaths Recorded In 5 Years
In 2023, the WHO estimated that the real death toll of the pandemic was at least 20 million Covid-19: over 7 million deaths ...
What Will Happen to COVID-19 in 2025? Experts Explain
Another year has gone by since the 2020 pandemic and COVID-19 remains at large, so experts weigh in on what will change in 2025.
The ‘quad-demic’: What is it, and how can you stay healthy?
Staying healthy in the New Year presents a new challenge for Americans who are coping with what health officials are calling a “ quad-demic ,” which involves a quartet of infectious viruses that are ...
A part-time actor claimed he created a COVID-19 cure. Now he'll spend more than 8 years in prison
An attorney for Keith Middlebrook said they would appeal and called Magic Johnson, who testified during trial, "the biggest ...
COVID-19 Turns 5: Looking Back And Looking Forward
The world first became aware of Covid-19 five years ago. We evaluate where we are, remember how we got here, and consider ...
After a long lull, Covid-19 levels are surging in the US
After a relatively slow start to the respiratory virus season, Covid-19 levels in the United States began ramping up just ...
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Will there be another pandemic after covid-19 and are we prepared?
Covid-19 is responsible for the deaths of millions of people around the world, but researchers fear the next global outbreak ...
Statewide grand jury investigating COVID-19 vaccines finds no evidence of crimes
A statewide grand jury didn’t find evidence that COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers broke federal or state laws when making and ...