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Avian Influenza
3 articles published between July 9, 2025 and September 6, 2026.
Covered in Global Health and Science.
EXPLAINERThe honest position is two things at once: the current risk to the general public is low, and the reason it is watched so closely is that its worst-case potential is high. The gap between the two is the whole story.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSAn 8-year-old boy had brain inflammation with no respiratory symptoms. Every respiratory, blood and rectal sample tested negative; the virus was in his cerebrospinal fluid alone.
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WHO has logged 11 laboratory-confirmed human A(H5N1) infections in Cambodia between 1 January and 1 July, including six deaths. Every case had handled or culled sick poultry.
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