Paris, May 23, 2025 (AFP) - Bird flu outbreaks in mammals double, raising human risk: report

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2025-05-23

Outbreaks of bird flu in mammals more than doubled across the world last year, raising the risk that the virus could potentially spread between humans, an international agency warned Friday. There were 1,022 such outbreaks of avian influenza across 55 countries last year compared to 459 in 2023, according to a new report from the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). dl/rlp ...

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