A US farmworker who caught bird flu after working with dairy cattle in Texas appears to be the first known case of mammal-to-human transmission of the virus, a new study shows.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Texas dairy farm worker infected with H5N1 birdflu was not wearing respiratory or eye protection and had been exposed to cattle that appeared to have the same symptoms ...
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