From The Atlantic.

It’s been five years since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But there may be another potential pandemic on the horizon: bird flu. Against the backdrop of growing anti-vaccination sentiment, exhaustion from COVID, and a new administration, The Atlantic’s Katie Wu (https://www.theatlantic.com/author/katherine-j-wu/) explains that the U.S. is perhaps less prepared to deal with a widespread outbreak than it was when COVID hit—and bird flu, if it spreads to humans, could be worse.

Read more from Wu’s reporting at The Atlantic here (https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/01/bird-flu-embarrassing/681264/) and here (https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/america-measles-response-rfk-texas/681967/) .

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