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Podcast: Science Quickly
Episode: WHO Withdrawal, Bird Flu Updates and a Link between Fitness and Treatment Outcomes
Description: Executive orders that impact science and health in the U.S. came quickly after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Tanya Lewis, senior editor of health and medicine, explains how grievances over COVID and funding led Trump to order the U.S.’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization—and what that withdrawal would mean for global health. Plus, we present an update on the spread of bird flu in the U.S. and other news on topics from animal behavior to astronomy.–Listen to our episode about the mishandled response to the bird flu outbreak–Rea...