Avian flu: Risk to humans grows as outbreak spreads, warns expert

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H5N1 or avian flu is decimating wildlife around the world and is now spreading among cattle in the United States, sparking concerns about 'pandemic potential' for humans. Now a health expert is urging Canada to scale up surveillance north of the border.

Bogoch is urging authorities to "actively search" for the virus and implement broad-based surveillance as the risk grows in Canada because of the scale of the outbreaks south of the border.

"It's pretty low cost, very high yield and it's actionable," Bogoch said. "You can identify before an outbreak occurs." "It just shows that the scale of this outbreak, in this case, it's in dairy cows and of course other mammals." The judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial has fined him US$1,000 for violating his gag order and sternly warned the former president that additional violation could result in jail time.Floodwaters closed some Texas schools on Monday after days of heavy rains pummeled the Houston area and led to hundreds of rescues including people who were stranded on rooftops.

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