The H5N1, or bird flu, is on the rise in USA. And behind it is bizarre combination of state policies, anti-vaccination campaigns, de-funding of the CDC, the slow administration response, and the immigration policies that make farm workers reluctant to be tested..

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-flu-risk-as-pathogen-spreads-60-minutes-transcript/

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Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.