The recent spread of avian influenza in dairy cattle in the U.S. has startled even some scientists who’ve tracked a global outbreak of the virus over the last few years.
“There’s a heap of unknowns right now,” says Richard Webby, a virologist at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
How widespread is the virus in dairy cattle? What could this mean for humans? None of this is clear yet.
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