Prognosis

Russia Reports First Cases of H5N8 Bird Flu in Humans

  • Virus strain isn’t transmitted from person to person
  • Several workers at poultry farm in southern Russia infected
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Russia said it found the world’s first cases of the H5N8 strain of avian influenza in humans though the virus isn’t yet spreading between people.