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A bar chart titled “Three Seasons of Bird Flu: Turkeys (Meat Products)” comparing monthly counts of turkeys culled due to bird flu across the 2023, 2024, and 2025 flu seasons (September to August). Bars show turkey losses in yellow, with the highest spikes in October and December 2023 and December 2024. In the 2025 flu season, turkey culling began earlier. The chart notes that 1.2 million turkeys were affected in September and October 2025—20 times higher than the same period in 2024. Data source: USDA APHIS.
Food

Bird Flu Roars Back: What It Means for Thanksgiving

by Nsikan Akpan

Since September, turkey and egg farms have lost millions of birds, renewing pressure on food prices and biosecurity

Global Health Governance in the Age of AI
Governance

Global Health Governance in the Age of AI

by Elana Banin

National security agencies and tech regulators are rapidly developing governance for AI and biotechnology

Governance

Mirror Life: Addressing a Potential Biothreat

by Wilmot James, Patrick Yizhi Cai
Mirror Life: Addressing a Potential Biothreat
Governance

National Security Debate on Global Health Enters a New Phase

by David P. Fidler
National Security Debate on Global Health Enters a New Phase
Trade

New Biotech Platforms Offer Better Paths to Biosecurity

by Ryan Morhard
New Biotech Platforms Offer Better Paths to Biosecurity
Governance

A Plan B to Strengthen Biosafety and Biosecurity

by Gregory D. Koblentz, Filippa Lentzos
A Plan B to Strengthen Biosafety and Biosecurity
Governance

The World is Unprepared for the Unthinkable

by Brian McCloskey, Jennifer B. Nuzzo, David Heymann
The World is Unprepared for the Unthinkable
Governance

Biodefense Leadership and National Security: Lessons from the Goldwater-Nichols Reforms

by Kenneth Bernard
Biodefense Leadership and National Security: Lessons from the Goldwater-Nichols Reforms