Proximal Origin of Epidemic Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b and Spread by Migratory Waterfowl
PETER A. MCCULLOUGH, MD, MPH | 4 June 2024 For the last four months we have been barraged with news about highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) or bird flu. We have been told that government agencies are going onto poultry and dairy farms and performing mass PCR testing. With positive tests, large numbers of birds are being culled—that is, intentionally destroyed. So far, only three human cases have been reported, all of them mild. Where isRead More→