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Pakistan reported at least 73 cases last year, up from only one in 2021, and the disease is now rapidly spreading in the country’s most volatile regions.
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Mashup Score: 47
First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment that could trigger human outbreaks.
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Talked to @FenitN @washingtonpost about H5N9 at a duck farm in California. This is an avian reassortant & unlikely to threaten us but it kills birds. And the more H5 is around in the more hosts, the greater the risk of a reassortant that does threaten us. https://t.co/d7kRqmyCRt
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Mashup Score: 7White House rescinds freeze on federal grants, in reversal - 23 hour(s) ago
The reversal followed criticism of the sudden freeze by the White House budget office.
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Trump administration rescinds federal funding freeze that sparked confusion - The Washington Post https://t.co/3039cyI6Es
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Watch live as RFK Jr. faces questions from senators in his confirmation hearing as President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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RT @bylenasun: Follow our team for live updates as RFK Jr. faces Senate confirmation hearing for health secretary https://t.co/yE8PKFHTN2
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The H5N9 strain was detected in the United States for the first time, U.S. Veterinary Services said weeks after the first U.S. death from H5N1.
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“the duck farm case does stem from reassortment of the H5N1 virus circulating in U.S. birds” https://t.co/iW4r8ccHGq
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A Post examination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements finds the candidate for the nation’s top health post has repeatedly disparaged vaccines, linking them to autism.
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ALS advocacy organizations, this is important. Please speak up for science now! RFK Jr. disparaged vaccines dozens of times in recent years and made baseless claims on race https://t.co/E58SqvHNDH
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First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment that could trigger human outbreaks.
Source: www.washingtonpost.comCategories: General Medicine News, Infectious DiseaseTweet-
Talked to @FenitN @washingtonpost about H5N9 at a duck farm in California. This is an avian reassortant & unlikely to threaten us but it kills birds. And the more H5 is around in the more hosts, the greater the risk of a reassortant that does threaten us. https://t.co/d7kRqmyCRt
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Mashup Score: 0Opinion | More reason to oppose RFK Jr.’s nomination - 2 day(s) ago
His poor sense of ethics makes him unfit to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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The federal government fell into chaos Tuesday, as officials braced for potential interruptions to programs that range from protecting food safety to responding to natural disasters.
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UPDATE: According to OMB, the grants freeze is not intended to restrict medical research unless it applies to "DEI, the green new deal, and funding nongovernmental organizations that undermine the national interest." https://t.co/xYa5v0EJlr
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Mashup Score: 289White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion - 2 day(s) ago
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
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A lot of people are going to lose their jobs. No research. No supplies. No salaries. No science. No scientists. This isn’t normal. It might not be temporary. It will be economically devastating. It’s hard to think of anything more destructive to science https://t.co/v9hqclK6Vw
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“Pakistani officials said there were more than 2 dozen attacks targeting Pakistani polio teams..last year..particularly concerned about efforts by the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, to disrupt vaccinations” https://t.co/r8KFhXAGzz