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Finland, Poland, and the UK also report new H5N8 avian flu outbreaks.

Detections vary from H5N1 in India to the confirmation of H5N5 for the first time in Slovenia.

The agency shifts to long-term response, which it says is more likely to provide sustained funding.

In another breaking development, the CDC today urged pregnant women to avoid nonessential travel to 11 Southeast Asian countries.

In other developments, without Zika funding federal officials have had to tap research money for cancer and other diseases.

Both a promising vaccine and mass distribution of repellents failed to protect.