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       Bird flu spreads to mammals, fears of human transmission
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: March 24, 2026, 5:25 pm
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       Bird flu spreads to mammals, fears of human transmission
       March 24, 2025
       "Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu,
       has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of
       people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to-human
       transmission and turn into a new pandemic.
       Cases of the disease in mammals have mostly been detected in the
       Americas and Europe.
       Sheep were added to the list on Monday with the UK government
       announcing a first case had been detected at a farm in northern
       England.
       Some of the mammals such as dairy cows and sheep are farmed and
       so interact closely with humans, increasing the threat of
       transmission, while others have much less contact with people.
       Pigs represent a particular concern for the spread of bird flu
       because they can become co-infected with bird and human viruses,
       which could swap genes to form a new, more dangerous virus that
       can more easily infect humans.
       Here is a list of the types of mammals, other than humans, in
       which the virus - which has also infected hundreds of wild and
       captive bird species - has been detected between 2016 and 2025,
       according to data gathered by the European Food Safety Authority
       and U.S. Department of Agriculture..."
       LINK:
  HTML https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/bird-flu-spreads-mammals-fears-human-transmission-2025-03-24/
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