Another Species-Jumping Virus to Worry About

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The next Bird Flu -The Hendra virus

Australia is suffering the biggest outbreak of the highly virulent Hendra virus since the disease was identified in 1994.

Now a change in its symptoms in Queensland horses is raising fears that new strains may have emerged – and even that a strain capable of spreading from human-to-human could appear.

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