<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/news/2025/03-21-2025a.html" dsn="news"><title>SUNY Downstate DrPH Candidate Publishes Groundbreaking Study On Avian Flu Outbreaks And Transmission Risks</title><item_date>03/21/2025 02:42:27 PM</item_date><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><thumbnail><img src="" alt=""/></thumbnail><summary>As avian flu outbreaks escalate, a groundbreaking study by SUNY Downstate DrPH candidate Christopher Jimenez sheds new light on how to track and assess transmission risks in Iowa’s poultry farms—one of the nation’s hardest-hit outbreak regions.</summary><featured/></item>