Tues., 2/4, 6–8 p.m., The Last Round Bar & Grille, 908 Purchase St., New Bedford. Open to everyone. Free, save for the beer!
Our next guest Jennifer Nuzzo, Director of the Pandemic Center and Professor of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health, will discuss “How worried should you be about bird flu (and other pandemic threats)?”
Although the CDC has described the current bird flu (specifically H5N1) risk to the general public as low, concern among epidemiologists and health officials has risen steadily over the last year as the disease has spread among poultry and cattle. Initial human infections arose in farmworkers, but in recent months the virus has spread to humans without clear exposure and the U.S. reported its first human death from the virus in early January.
Jennifer, a globally recognized leader on public health preparedness and response, will provide an up-to-date look at how the virus possibly spreads, the threat to farmworkers in comparison to the general public, available tests & the development of H5N1 vaccines. The CDC reports that as of Jan. 6 2025, there have been 66 confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S., and 67 since 2022.
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