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https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/4-ways-avian-flu-must-evolve-to-become-a-human-pandemic.html

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Anoutbreakof avian flu at a Spanish mink farm in October 2022 and several other reported cases of the virus’sspreadto mammals sparked concern of its transmission to humans. But experts say it will take a lot for avian flu to become a full-fledged human pandemic,Sciencereported.

Human cases of avian flu are deadly, but historically rare, according to theCDC. A few have cropped up across the globe in places like China, Cambodia and Chile throughout the past year, but largely from direct contact with infected birds or animals — not from human-to-human transmission.

The H5N1 strain of avian flu has been the one responsible for a majority of human cases to date, but for the flu to become a full-scale, concerning human pandemic, experts say a few key things…