# How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/how-the-us-is-preparing-for-a-potential-bird-flu-pandemic/
- Published: 2025-01-14T09:45:13-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo credit: Getty Images. Article by Jessica Hamzelou. MIT Technology Review: The Checkup – January 10, 2025. This week marks a strange anniversary—it’s five years since most of us first heard about a virus causing a mysterious “pneumonia.” A virus that we later learned could cause a disease called covid-19. A virus that swept the globe and has since been reported to have been responsible for over 7 million deaths—and counting. I first covered the virus in […] Click here to view original web page at www.technologyreview.com Curated by John Wysocki See Full Bio