The FDA is gearing up for a bird flu pandemic in people that could kill one in four of those it infects, the agency’s top official has revealed.
Dr Robert Califf told a Senate Committee that officials were drawing up plans to roll out tests, antiviral drugs and vaccines in the event the virus jumps to humans.
But he emphasized the risk of it spreading to people was still low, with only one person infected so far – a farm worker in Texas in March.
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