H5N1 avian flu has infected dairy cows in 13 states, with 192 herds confirmed positive. The virus is mutating to infect new hosts and has sickened farmworkers in Colorado.
https://theconversation.com/avian-flu-has-infected-dairy-cows-in-more-than-a-dozen-states-a-microbiologist-explains-how-the-virus-is-spreading-235526
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Avian flu has infected dairy cows in more than a dozen states – a microbiologist explains how the virus is spreading
The H5N1 virus has infected about 900 people since 2003, and more than half of them died. But so far there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission.The Conversation
