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Enlarge Getty | Justin Sullivan The US government will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA vaccine against a pandemic influenza—an award given as the highly pathogenic bird flu virus H5N1 continues to spread widely among US dairy cattle.
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 July 2024
So far, this strain of the avian influenza virus circulating in the U., identified as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, has caused only mild illness in people who were infected after working closely with sick cows; all fully recovered.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2024
This is the third human case associated with the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) outbreak and the second infection identified in the state of Michigan, according to the CDC.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
Avian influenza viruses, according to the CDC and USDA, are classified into two groups: low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) (often seen in wild birds) and HPAI, found mostly in domestic poultry.
—Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 July 2024
So far, this strain of the avian influenza virus circulating in the U., identified as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, has caused only mild illness in people who were infected after working closely with sick cows; all fully recovered.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2024
This is the third human case associated with the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) outbreak and the second infection identified in the state of Michigan, according to the CDC.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
Avian influenza viruses, according to the CDC and USDA, are classified into two groups: low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) (often seen in wild birds) and HPAI, found mostly in domestic poultry.
—Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
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pathogenic
adjective
patho·gen·ic
-ˈjen-ik 
2
: causing or capable of causing disease
pathogenic microorganisms
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