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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

US supreme court rulings will affect response to threats like bird flu – experts

The news comes as the CDC reports three more cases of bird flu in Colorado poultry workers, bringing the tally to 13 people who have tested positive.
The news comes as the CDC reports three more cases of bird flu in Colorado poultry workers, bringing the tally to 13 people who have tested positive. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Four recent decisions from the US supreme court have unleashed the greatest changes to the American regulatory state in decades and will probably affect responses to emerging threats like the bird flu outbreak currently spreading in the country, experts say.

The decisions will have ripple effects for enforcing and creating regulations, including complicated technical and scientific rules, and they could open up agencies to increased legal challenges.

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