

A patient in France has died after being infected with Shamonda virus, a pathogen that normally affects cattle, marking the first documented human case. Virologists say the wider risk to public health is low.

A patient in France has died after being infected with Shamonda virus, a pathogen that normally affects cattle, marking the first documented human case. Virologists say the wider risk to public health is low.
Shamonda virus. First documented human case, and the patient is already dead. Fantastic. “Wider risk is low” is what they always say right before we find out it wasn’t.