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Bird flu mutations raise red flags—expert warns of increasing human adaptation

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The H5N1 virus that has stricken a Canadian teenager shows mutations that could make the infection more transmissible from person to person.

"The situation is clearly getting worse and not better," says Northeastern expert Samuel Scarpino .

"We're seeing that this virus has more than enough potential to evolve," he says.

The CDC says the current outbreak in the U.S. poses a low risk to the public.

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