Lauren Sauer

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.

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

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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.