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A lab technician tests wastewater samples from around the United States for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Biobot Analytics, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 22, 2022.

H5N1: How Effective Is Wastewater Surveillance for Bird Flu?

The Rockefeller Foundation's Megan Diamond explains wastewater surveillance for monitoring the H5N1 outbreak

Food
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Timeline: H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak in the U.S.

by Samuel V. Scarpino, Allison Krugman

A weekly updated timeline for H5N1 outbreak events

fred Brandt milks his Holstein cows on the dairy farm
Food

Bird Flu, U.S. Cows, and Economic Consequences

by Thomas L. Marsh

The recent H5N1 outbreak in cattle has rattled livestock markets and raised public health concerns

Cage-free chickens are shown inside a facility at Hilliker's Ranch Fresh Eggs.
Governance

Course Correcting the U.S. Response to Bird Flu

by Ellen P. Carlin, Erin M. Sorrell, Meghan F. Davis, Claire J. Standley

Health security scientists wonder what delayed the U.S. response and offer advice on strategic improvements

Milk is seen displayed at a Target store.
Trade

How Pasteurization Kills Bird Flu Virus in Milk

by Rachel Nuwer

Experts explain how pasteurization obliterates avian influenza virus from milk

Dairy farmer Brent Pollard's cows stand in their pen at a cattle farm.
Trade

Cattle Veterinarians Express Confusion over U.S. Response to Bird Flu

by Rachel Nuwer

Denial and a lack of unity across states are limiting a swift response to the novel outbreak

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Governance

Avian Flu in Cambodia

by Rick A. Bright

Human cases of avian influenza in Cambodia exemplify the importance of global surveillance and collaboration

A nurse, seen in profile with a long row of American flags behind her, watches an ambulance driving away outside of Elmhurst Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Queens, New York, on April 20, 2020.
Governance

No Fall Zone

by Sonya Stokes, Craig Spencer

This winter, there is zero room for error in emergency medicine

A woman feeds gulls along the Hudson River shore during a winter storm in Nyack, New York, on January 29, 2022.
Environment

Flu: When Spillovers Spill Over

by Ellen P. Carlin, Claire J. Standley, Erin M. Sorrell

The high risk of H5 influenza in North America this fall

COVID-19 has seen its share of protest and political theater—like one in London on August 9, 2020, to call attention to Brazil, a country also subject to conspiracy theories over the virus' origins. The photo shows a crowd of performance artists demonstrating with costumes and fake blood splashed everywhere. REUTERS/John Sibley
Governance

How the Origins of COVID-19 Became Politicized

by Yanzhong Huang

Where the coronavirus came from is no longer a scientific question—thanks to narrative spin, agendas, and misinformation

The headquarters of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. The photo shows the WHO HQ. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Governance

Why the WHO?

by Chelsea Clinton, Eric A. Friedman, Lawrence O. Gostin, Devi Sridhar

The World Health Organization is essential to convening scientific experts and the world’s best thinking on COVID-19

A man offers funeral prayers for a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2020. The photo shows a man dressed entirely in protective gear with his head bowed in font of an ambulance and before what appears to be a corpse wrapped in white sheets. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Poverty

Rethinking the Future of Global Health

by Vaibhav Gupta

There can be no better time to reimagine our health security based on global cooperation, equity, trust, and solidarity

A worker in protective gear directs a masked passenger disembarking from the cruise ship Grand Princess in Oakland, California on March 10, 2020 amid concern over the growing COVID-19 pandemic. The picture shows a man wearing a mask and a cowboy hat standing facing a health worker in full protective gear. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Governance

Coronavirus: A Twenty-Year Failure

by David P. Fidler

Unheeded warnings and past pandemic preparedness policy failures have left the world vulnerable to COVID-19

Molecular epidemiology: a laboratory worker at the Wielkopolska Center for Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery in Poznan, Poland performs diagnostic tests for the novel coronavirus on March 3, 2020. Picture shows a lab worker in a white lab coat sitting at a bench surrounded by test tubes preparing samples for analysis. REUTERS/Agencja Gazeta/Lukasz Cynalewski
Governance

Laboratory Diagnostics—Rarely Appreciated Until Something Goes Wrong

by Erin M. Sorrell, Gigi Kwik Gronvall, Julie E. Fischer

Problems with COVID-19 testing highlights need for strong U.S. labs to detect, control, and respond to emerging diseases