WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The National Academy of Sciences has canceled a workshop on preventing human bird flu infections after being told to stop work on the event by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an email sent to one of the workshop presenters and seen by Reuters. ...
The Trump administration said it's reversing course on a plan to end funding for a decades-long study of women's health after outcry from the research community.
The Women's Health Initiative was threatened by funding cuts to clinical studies aimed at reducing cancer rates or studying hormone therapy in menopause. Despite the reprieve, researchers remain fearful about its future.
The general public are showing “ignorance and apathy” towards the threat of bird flu, say the authors of a new editorial, based on a survey they conducted of US residents. It found that many were unaware of or unwilling to take simple precautions that might decrease their risk of exposure to the virus.
