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‘Cow flu’ that is rapidly mutating takes ‘dangerous step towards infecting humans’, scientists warn
THE bird flu virus that is spreading in US dairy cows may be better at infecting humans than other circulating strains of the virus, scientists have warned. The H5N1 virus, typically found in birds, has been confirmed in cows on 140 farms in 12 states, …