University of Maryland School of Public Health: Researcher Warns Pet Cats Risk Getting Bird Flu and Possibly Infecting People
June 15, 2024
June 15, 2024
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, June 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Maryland School of Public Health issued the following news:
The world is barely out of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the threat of another virus jumping from animals to humans looms large in our daily newsfeeds. As public health officials follow the spread of the rapidly evolving bird flu H5N1, a review of the scientific literature suggests domestic cats can get bird flu and transmit it to humans, and should be monitored.
The world is barely out of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the threat of another virus jumping from animals to humans looms large in our daily newsfeeds. As public health officials follow the spread of the rapidly evolving bird flu H5N1, a review of the scientific literature suggests domestic cats can get bird flu and transmit it to humans, and should be monitored.