INTERVIEW: Are we in danger from H5N1 Bird Flu?

Weekend One on One
11/01/2025 8 min
INTERVIEW: Are we in danger from H5N1 Bird Flu?

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Authorities in the United States have recorded the country's first human death from bird flu. The patient, aged over 65 and with underlying medical conditions, was hospitalised with the virus on December 18. So how dangerous is the H-5-N-1 virus, and are we prepared enough here in Australia? In this episode of Weekend One on One, SBS Reporter Cameron Carr speaks to Michelle Wille, a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Pathogen Genomics at the University of Melbourne.

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