Avian Influenza — United States
Testing at nearby farms in the wake of a highly pathogenic H7N8 avian flu outbreak that struck a turkey facility in southern Indiana last week [week of 11 Jan 2016] turned up a low-pathogenic version of the virus in 8 more farms, hinting that the virus mutated to a more lethal strain as it spread.
In a related development, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that, because H7 viruses have infected people before, so human infections from the new strain could occur,
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