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Jun 2024
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Are We Prepared for Bird Flu?

NEJM Group
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A new strain of H5N1 influenza is spreading in dairy cows in the United States. Will it cause an epidemic in humans? And what does our public health system need to do in order to be ready if it does? A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2405795. 
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