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H5 Bird Flu: navigating the risks to public health and agriculture

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Julia Jensen | Art Director A strain of avian influenza, known as the H5 Bird Flu, has swept across the United States’ poultry and dairy industries over the past year leading to devastating effects in the agriculture industry. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of Feb. 5, the strain has been detected in 11,627 wild birds, 153,866,301 poultry, 957 dairy herds and 63 humans. The virus has rapidly spread across t…

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PIB Risk Management

Managing exposure to bird flu - PIB Risk Management

There have been several outbreaks of avian influenza in the UK; while bird-to-human transmission of the disease is rare, this is possible and has happened a small number of times. Typically these cases involve people who have close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds, for example, on a farm. In view of the current outbreak, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recently published guidance for the management of people ex…

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