California declares emergency over virus outbreak

"Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency after new cases of the H5N1

avian influenza virus were detected in dairy cows in southern California, while insisting that the risk to the general public remains low.
The virus has been spreading through US dairy cattle herds since March, affecting at least 16 states. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports no confirmed human-to-human transmission so far, at least 61 human cases have been detected across the country, including 34 in California." RT