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A barricade set up to keep people out of a residential compound in Wuhan, China, in April 2020.
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Teo Yik Ying
As the world’s attention is consumed by geopolitical tensions and economic disputes, a quiet but serious crisis is unfolding in the United States – a novel strain of H5N1 avian influenza has begun infecting dairy cattle and humans.
Previously confined to wild birds and poultry, this strain has now been detected in dairy cows in Nevada and Arizona, with human cases emerging among farm workers.
