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To maintain vaccine efficacy, WHO regularly updates influenza vaccine strains based on global epidemiological, virological, ...

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Bird flu. With that diagnosis in mind, one of Russo’s colleagues tried to get some bovine samples tested for H5N1, but the ...

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Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2025 shows signs of eggs sold out at a Costco store in Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, California, the United States. More U.S.

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed these cases through genome sequence analysis ... outbreak ...

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