UW School of Veterinary Medicine faculty members continue to be leading experts on H5N1 avian flu. As the virus continues to circulate throughout the United States, our scientists and veterinarians have been helping the public understand what to know and how to stay safe serving as expert resources for local and national media. Here are a few stories they’ve been featured in:
- The New York Times: Bird Flu Is Back (featuring Keith Poulsen)
- Scientific American: Bird Flu Is Back. Here’s What to Know (featuring Keith Poulsen)
- Axios: Bird flu’s comeback raises fears about readiness (featuring Keith Poulsen)
- NBC15: Bird flu detections in Jefferson County part of years-long outbreak, experts say (featuring Keith Poulsen)
- Spectrum News 1: UW-Madison researchers testing dairy milk for avian flu (featuring Keith Poulsen)
- Popular Science: How to protect your pets from bird flu (featuring Peter Halfmann)
- Wisconsin Public Radio: Tracking the progress of avian flu on Wisconsin farms (featuring Peter Halfmann)
- Newsweek: Can You Get Bird Flu From Drinking Milk? What to Know as Cows Are Infected (featuring Keith Poulsen)
- Wisconsin Public Radio: First human death from avian flu sparks calls for stricter hygiene, more testing (featuring Peter Halfmann and Thomas Friedrich)