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Are We Prepared for Bird Flu? - Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta - Podcast on CNN Audio CNNHuman infection caused by avian Influenza A(H5N2)- Mexico World Health Organization (WHO)H5N1 Bird Flu Isn't a Human Pandemic—Yet Scientific AmericanExclusive: Cows infected with bird flu have died in five US states Reuters

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or making important decisions after 3 p.m. EDT today (12 noon until 11 p.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Leo into Virgo. Happy Birthday for Tuesday, June 11, 2024: You’re a perceptive, energetic optimist. You’re ready for action. You like the reassurance of a close relationship.

BALTIMORE — The main shipping channel into Baltimore’s port has fully reopened to its original depth and width following the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which blocked most maritime traffic into the harbor. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Officials announced the full reopening in a news release Monday evening. It comes after a massive cleanup effort as crews removed an estimated 50,000 tons of steel and concrete from the Patapsco River. The channel was blocked by wreckage of the fallen bridge, which collapsed after a container ship lost power and crashed into one of its supporting columns, sending six members of a roadwork crew plunging to their deaths.

OpenAI has hired Sarah Friar, the former chief executive of neighborhood social networking service Nextdoor Holdings Inc., to serve as its chief financial officer, a role that has gone unfilled at the fast-growing artificial intelligence startup for two years. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The ChatGPT maker has also named Kevin Weil as its new chief product officer, the company is set to announce Monday.

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Soldiers are searching mountainous forests near a city in northern Malawi after a military plane carrying the country’s vice president and a former first lady went missing in the area Monday, President Lazarus Chakwera said. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima, former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri and eight others left the southern African nation’s capital, Lilongwe, at 9:17 a.m.

Some people may want to put their summer vacation plans to the Las Vegas area on hold, after health officials reported that Southern Nevada is experiencing the highest level of mosquito activity in known history, with more than 3,000 mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile virus. Southern Nevada Health District said in a press release Monday that as of June 6, 91 pools, comprising 3,081 mosquitoes from 16 ZIP codes, have tested positive for the virus.