Becker's Healthcare August 12, 2024
The CDC slightly raised its risk assessment of the H5N1 bird flu virus in an Aug. 9 update, noting it poses a future “potential public health risk.”
The update is based on a report using the agency’s Influenza Risk Assessment tool, which is used to evaluate the future pandemic potential posed by an influenza A virus. As part of the assessment, experts review data and score a virus based on the likelihood that it may gain the ability to spread easily from person to person, and the effect it may have on public health.
The virus’s future pandemic potential was scored at 5.79, placing it in the mid-low range of the “moderate risk” category (4.0-7.9). The update “indicates the virus...
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