Bird flu risks and government failures spotlight dairy outbreak
A KFF Health News investigation shows how farm industry deference and weak public health funding hampered the U S bird flu response. It details USDA testing orders, farmer fears, worker protections in dairies and poultry farms, and gaps in surveillance, risk to humans, and policy delays shaping a potential pandemic.
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University of Saskatchewan
Canada
KFF Health News
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tom Bollyky
Council On Foreign Relations
Trump
USDA
U.S
Iowa
Louisiana
Tom Peacock
Pirbright Institute
United Kingdom
Texas
Kay Russo
Fort Collins
Colo
Russo
Will Clement
Dairy Farmer
Jamie Jonker
National Milk Producers Federation
Agriculture Departments
Colorado
Michigan
Nicole Lurie
International Organization
the Coalition For Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
Obama
CDC
Sean Roberts
Tulare County
California
COVID
Weld
Health Department
Tulare
Jennifer Morse
Mid-Michigan District Health Department
Bethany Boggess Alcanter
National Center For Farmworker Health
Peg Seminario
Bethesda
Donald Trump
Tania Pacheco-Werner
Central Valley Health Policy Institute
Pacheco-Werner
Missouri
Nirav Shah
Shah
Eric Deeble
Stephen Morrison
Global Health Policy Center
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Poulsen
Jennifer Nuzzo
Brown University
Nuzzo
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