Flu is evolving in new and unpredictable ways in China’s poultry

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A type of avian flu has infected people for the first time. So far, the virus doesn’t seem to be especially threatening, but its jump from chickens to humans was unexpected: the World Health Organization says no similar strains have ever crossed over to people before.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2161541-flu-is-evolving-in-new-and-unpredictable-ways-in-chinas-poultry/?cmpid=ILC|NSNS|2018_webpush&utm_medium=ILC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_campaign=webpush-Roost-china-flu