Chicken flu: Ought to we be frightened in regards to the virus infecting mammals?

Chicken flu infections have been recorded in numerous mammals, together with foxes and mink, however it’s unclear whether or not the virus may be transmitted from one mammal to a different

By Madeleine Cuff

The world is at the moment within the midst of its largest-ever outbreak of fowl flu, and there’s rising proof that mammals are being contaminated.

What’s the present fowl flu state of affairs?

Since October 2021, when the most recent outbreak started, the H5N1 subtype of the virus has unfold via seabird colonies, farmed poultry and wild flocks throughout the US, Europe and past. Globally round 15 million home birds have died from fowl flu over the previous 15 months, and extra …