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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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