Lauren Pelley
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Senior Health & Medical Reporter at @CBCNews | “As journalists, we need both a soul and a spine.” —Marty Baron | ✉ [email protected]
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.Scott Gottlieb, MD, former FDA commissioner on US bird flu response: “There’s always a tension between the human health people and animal health people. The human health people would swab anything; animal health worry more about economic implications.”on.ft.com/3JMEgUy
How many human #H5N1 infections are linked to U.S. dairy cattle outbreaks? One, officially.
But as The Associated Press reports, scientists are trying — and struggling — to confirm reports of illness among farm workers. Officials say about two dozen people tested so far:
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NEW: Biden officials warn of risks to ‘certain groups’ of people amid bird flu outbreak in cows
State health labs have sent “around 25” human test samples to CDC, but feds are declining to say which states they're from
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An-in depth look at what scientists know so far about how #H5N1 transmits between cows and why more human infections could already be happening, plus the many burning questions we don’t yet have answers to, from STAT’ Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 & Megan Molteni:
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NEW: U.S. Department of Agriculture now says it is testing ground beef in states with #H5N1 outbreaks in dairy cows but remains confident the meat supply is safe, Reuters reports. Dept. of Agriculture will analyze ground beef samples to determine 'whether any viral particles are present.'
NEW: Changes could be coming to Ontario's MedsCheck program in the wake of a CBC News investigation into allegations that Shoppers Drug Mart put corporate pressure on pharmacists to hit billing targets.
Reporting by Angelina King & Nicole Brockbank
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