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A virus belonging to the bat family, and closely related to the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), may be a small mutation away from spilling over to humans and causing a pandemic.
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Bat family virus, similar to MERS-CoV, has potential to cause a pandemic

 HQ Team June 9, 2025: A virus belonging to the bat family, and closely related to the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.

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The Global Virus Network warned of an avian influenza currently circulating in the US, spreading to humans and urged enhanced surveillance, biosecurity measures and preparations for a potential human-to-human transmission.
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Global virologists see potential for an H5N1 pandemic, urge rapid steps

HQ Team May 5, 2025: The Global Virus Network warned of an avian influenza currently circulating in the US, spreading to humans and.

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A new pandemic like Covid-19 is “not a theoretical risk, it is an epidemiological certainty,” said the World Health Organization’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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A new pandemic like Covid-19 is ‘epidemiological certainty’: WHO

HQ Team April 13, 2025: A new pandemic like Covid-19 is “not a theoretical risk, it is an epidemiological certainty,” said the World.

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A dairy farm worker in Michigan, US, has been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza from sick cows —the third such case in America since March and the second in the same state.
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US reports a third human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza

A dairy farm worker in Michigan, US, has been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza from sick cows —the third such case in America.

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Australian researchers shed light on animal-human virus transmission
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Australian researchers shed light on animal-human virus transmission

HQ Team June 23, 2023: Australian researchers have unearthed the process of how an infectious virus enters human cells from animals. The researchers.

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