Bird Flu Virus Exposure Causes Severe Disease in Mammals

Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported on Monday that the currently circulating “highly pathogenic” H5N1 viruses extracted from dairy cattle induced severe disease in mice and ferrets when administered intranasally. The findings of these experiments, published Monday in a Nature Journal report, found that the new cow virus, HPAI H5N1, may [...]