FDA making ready for potential chicken flu outbreak in people

Officials on the Food and Drug Administration are taking precautions in case the present pressure of chicken flu spreading within the U.S. jumps to people on a big scale. The FDA commissioner testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday, saying the risk to people remains to be low, however the company is working to shore up countermeasures. Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for public well being at KFF, has extra.

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