Bird Flu: ‘We Are All Over It,’ CDC Director Says

MedPage Today April 3, 2024
Shannon Firth

— A dip in routine vaccinations and a rise in measles cases also are on the agency’s radar

WASHINGTON — Although the risk to humans is very low, the case of the Texas farmworker apparently contracting pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) from a cow illustrates the importance of data collection, CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, said Tuesday.

“We need to continue to invest in data, in lab capacity, in our ability to respond to health threats, and we need a talented workforce,” Cohen said here at the World Vaccine Congress. In the realm of modernizing data collection, she added, “We cannot solve problems we don’t see.”

Cohen’s remarks about the “bird flu” came toward the end of a keynote...

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