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Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won't Act.

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Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won't Act. A rescued mink from a Utah fur farm Julie Leopo for ProPublica The strain of bird flu that's ripped through American barns for the last four years has killed two people who caught it from sick animals. But as far as anyone can tell, humans can't spread it. The virus has remained a true 'bird' flu, tailored to attach to avian cells, not invade human throats and noses, where coughing and sneezing reliably spew droplets.
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