WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The National Academy of Sciences has canceled a workshop on preventing human bird flu infections after being told to stop work on the event by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an email sent to one of the workshop presenters and seen by Reuters. ...

 

The Department of Health and Human Services, which contains CDC, did not respond to a request for comment on the workshop cancellation. The administration of President Donald Trump has said it is aggressively working to contain bird flu with measures like heightened biosecurity on farms.

 

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop was scheduled for June 26 and 27 and expected to discuss best practices for the use of personal protective equipment for people at heightened risk of bird flu, like farmworkers and veterinarians.

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