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— 20 June 2024 —

How scared should you be of bird flu?

Pandemics

Experts need to be clear that currently the levers of action are squarely in the hands of government leaders and agricultural interests, not in the hands of the general public. But public attention is crucial to ensuring that authorities find the will to act.

Jennifer B. Nuzzo

Read full article by Jennifer B. Nuzzo in The New York Times

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