Everyone is all too familiar with COVID at this point, but could another pandemic be lurking? Health professionals are keeping an eye on bird flu and preparing.
FILE - Health professionals are keeping an eye on bird flu and preparing for the possibility of another pandemic. Health professionals are keeping an eye on bird flu and preparing just in case.
Right now, Haywood County's medical director says there are few bird flu cases in the county – occurring in those working extensively with poultry, as well as those with heavy exposure to cows and their milk.What they watched really closely is the fact that bird flu, which has been around for a decade at least in North Carolina for the last two years that we know of, is mutating," he said."We're a mammal.
Bird flu is not transmitting from person to person. But to be ready, the CDC is monitoring bird flu activity in people and bird flu vaccines are at the ready.
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