Not Good News:
Even though H5N1 has circulated for nearly 30 years, its recent arrival in U.S. dairy cattle was unexpected.
"Researchers don’t want to be caught off guard again by the shape-shifting H5N1 virus, and that will require keeping tabs on humans. Most, if not all, of about 900 people diagnosed with H5N1 infections worldwide since 2003 acquired it from animals, rather than from humans, Farrar said. About half of those people died."
By Amy Maxmen
