The consequences of letting avian influenza run rampant in US poultry

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² Food Forward LLC, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
³ Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Erin M Sorrell et al. Science. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 3;389(6755):27-29.

doi: 10.1126/science.adx8639. Epub 2025 Jul 3.

¹ Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² Food Forward LLC, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
³ Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Abstract

The approach proposed by a high-ranking US government official would be dangerous and unethical.