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though some experts suspect it could cause illness more severe than Covid. The CDC has said that H5N1 has sometimes caused severe illness and death in other countries, and other avian flu strains have ...

For several decades, scientists have rung alarms that a dangerous form of bird flu had pandemic potential. As H5N1 spreads to ...

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Robin Cook, who celebrates his 84th birthday on May 4 is set to release his latest medical thriller, Bellevue, later this year.