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After the Shots: Rising Illnesses And The Growing Threat Of Bird Flu

Man Sitting In The Chair In Hospital And Getting His Chicken Pox Vaccine. Professional Nurse Is Performing Injection And Putting A Patch On. Public Healthcare Concept. (Photo by Goroden Koff)

By April Ryan

The shift in the federal response to stopping covid vaccines for certain segments of society and the increase in cases of measles and the uptick in COVID and flu at the beginning of the year has Americans pondering what we know or don’t know. Medical professionals are concerned there is something else on the horizon. Bird flu is a concern. Dr. Jehan El-bayoumi, a practicing physician and instructor at Georgetown University Medical Center spoke with Black Press USA on the rise in these illnesses and concerns the medical profession has.

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