Jennifer Nuzzo Journalist Profile

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¿Qué tanto debe asustarnos la gripe aviar?

Jun 24, 2024 | prensalibre.com | Jennifer Nuzzo

Los consumidores de leche y carne tal vez no tengan que preocuparse tanto si siguen las recomendaciones. El grado al que debe preocuparte el H5N1 (el virus de la gripe aviar que se propaga en las granjas lecheras de Estados Unidos) depende de quién seas. Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades afirmaron que, ahora, el virus H5N1 tiene un riesgo bajo para el público general.
How Scared Should You Be of Bird Flu?

Jun 19, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jennifer Nuzzo

How worried you should be about H5N1, the bird flu virus spreading on dairy farms in the United States, depends on whom you are. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has described the current H5N1 risk to the general public as low. The risk that the virus poses is tempered by the fact that it doesn't spread easily among people - yet. Right now public-health experts have the difficult task of urging authorities who can do something about H5N1 to take action, while maintaining public trust.
If many dairy farmworkers contract H5N1, we risk a pandemic

May 14, 2024 | phillytrib.com | Jennifer Nuzzo

The discovery of bird flu virus particles in milk has moved the federal government to take more aggressive action to prevent the further spread of H5N1 on dairy farms. The Agriculture Department has rightly issued new testing recommendations meant to keep the virus from spreading across state lines. But this additional testing will do little to address the primary threat that H5N1 poses to humans: the infection of farmworkers.
Dairy workers need protection from spreading H5N1 virus

May 8, 2024 | iolaregister.com | Jennifer Nuzzo |Lauren Sauer |Nahid Bhadelia

The discovery of bird flu virus particles in milk has moved the federal government to take more aggressive action to prevent the further spread of H5N1 on dairy farms. The Agriculture Department has rightly issued new testing recommendations meant to keep the virus from spreading across state lines. But this additional testing will do little to address the primary threat that H5N1 poses to humans: the infection of farmworkers.
Jennifer Nuzzo, Lauren Sauer and Nahid Bhadelia

May 8, 2024 | iolaregister.com | Jennifer Nuzzo |Lauren Sauer |Nahid Bhadelia

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If H5N1 spreads among farmworkers, it could lead to a pandemic - The Washington Post

May 7, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Jennifer Nuzzo |Lauren Sauer |Nahid Bhadelia

Dairy cows have been contracting the H5N1 virus. (Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters)CommentSaveJennifer B. Nuzzo is a professor of epidemiology and the director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health. Lauren Sauer is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the director of the Special Pathogen Research Network.
What can Mandy Cohen do to regain the public’s trust in the CDC?

Feb 27, 2024 | harvardpublichealth.org | Jennifer Nuzzo

It’s been just over six months since physician Mandy Cohen took the helm of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), emphasizing that making the agency more transparent is essential for rebuilding the public’s trust in our national health agency. To achieve this, the CDC must get better at sharing data with the public. A promising step is the recent overhaul of CDC’s COVID-19 wastewater monitoring data tracker, which has made it far easier to interpret those data.