Bird flu outbreak spreads, but risk to public 'very low'

The bird flu outbreak is causing some panic in the U.S. as the Department of Agriculture on Monday began testing samples of ground beef from grocery stores in states where dairy cows tested positive for the H5N1 virus. “The risk to the general public is right now very low, according to the federal agencies,” said Dr. Amar Patil, New Jersey’s state veterinarian.
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