On Monday, a new study published in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences revealed that a new strain of swine flu, dubbed G4 EA H1N1, has been…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned on Tuesday that the country should pay more attention to a new strain of swine flu spreading in China, to avoid repeating the scenario of how Washington has handled the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Fauci, the US government’s top infectious-disease expert, said that the new influenza virus, known as G4 EA H1N1, has the potential to become a pandemic.
Speaking in a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Tuesday, Fauci noted that there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus yet, but the virus is exhibiting “reassortment capabilities”.
