MedPage Today May 8, 2024
— Commissioner also detailed plans for “largest reorganization” in agency’s history
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, described his agency’s role in helping to prevent a wider outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday.
While the risk to the public is still low, upfront investments and pandemic preparedness are critical, he said. “If we institute the countermeasures now, and reduce the spread of the virus … we’re much less likely to see a mutation that jumps to humans for which we’re ill-prepared.”
Upon first learning about the outbreak, the FDA developed a program to test milk to ensure it was safe to drink, recognizing the strong likelihood that more dairy cattle herds had...
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