Pandemics and epidemics
Why the discovery of H5N1 bird flu in mice is so alarming
Health
Although USDA have not released any information about how the mice contracted the virus, scientists suspect the creatures lived on a farm, ...
US poised to invest millions in mRNA bird flu vaccine amid H5N1 scare
Health
In past influenza pandemics, including the Swine Flu outbreak in 2009, vaccines were often delayed until after the initial waves had already ...
H5N1 virus in latest human case has mutated, officials say
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Testing of the latest human case of bird flu has revealed a “notable” mutation in the virus, officials have said. The case, ...
US cow-derived H5N1 virus flown to Porton Down under strict security for UK testing
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DEFRA’s involvement in particular has raised concerns among some experts because its principal role is to promote British farm produce. The agency ...
Pandemic scientists urge removal of Covid-era warning signs
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Baroness Fox, one of the peers calling for a campaign to rid the country of Covid-era warnings, said: “During the pandemic we ...
AstraZeneca withdrawing Covid vaccine, months after admitting rare side effect
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Lawyers for claimants in the High Court case argue that the drug caused vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) – a subset ...
Professor Alasdair Geddes, infectious disease expert who diagnosed the last case of smallpox – obituary
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Professor Alasdair Geddes, who has died aged 89, was an expert in infectious diseases who diagnosed smallpox in the last recorded person ...
Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
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“The flu can be spread by faecal-oral routes, and so it’s not an impossible scenario that chickens who are infected with H5N1 ...
Senior US journalist attacks leading scientists for ‘misleading’ him over Covid lab-leak theory
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A former New York Times journalist has attacked a group of leading scientists for “clearly” misleading him over the Covid lab-leak theory ...
Covid inquiry appears ‘fundamentally biased’, say scientists
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The Covid Inquiry appears to be “fundamentally biased” and is failing to examine the costs of lockdown, leading scientists have warned. In ...
