ON JULY 14TH America’s Centres for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) reported 5 new circumstances of the H5N1 avian flu virus in people, bringing the full variety of circumstances reported since April to 9. All 5 have been concerned in culling contaminated poultry in Colorado, and seem to have the identical pressure that has been spreading in dairy cows throughout the nation since December. To this point, there isn’t a proof the virus has tailored to unfold between people, a prerequisite for a flu pandemic. However issues can change rapidly—the extra the virus circulates in animals that are available in shut contact with people, the larger the chance {that a} pandemic pressure will emerge.
