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Bird flu raging on a Utah mink farm could spark a human pandemic, experts say. Officials won’t act.

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. The strain of bird flu that’s ripped through American barns for the last four years has killed two people who caught it from sick animals. But as far as anyone can tell, humans can’t spread it.

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