Public Health Experts Raise Concerns About State of Bird Flu Testing
A lack of data and surveillance of the H5N1 virus is worrying some public health experts about cases going unnoticed.
After public health officials confirmed H5N1, the virus also known as bird flu, jumped from poultry to cows and recently infected an American, they’ve warned that if the virus strain made its way to pigs, it could be time to press the panic button. That’s because swine are closer to humans in genetic terms, acting as a prime reservoir for viruses to mutate into something that could turn into a far...