Experts who predicted Covid years in advance reveal how new virus in Alabama could trigger pandemic | 5 Feb 2025 | Experts are sounding the alarm about the discovery of a never-before-seen virus in the U.S. which belongs to a deadly family of pathogens. Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia revealed this week they had discovered the new virus in shrews -- small, mole-like animals -- near the town of Camp Hill, in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. The newly-named Camp Hill virus is part of the henipavirus family, which also includes the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, which rank among the World Health Organization's biggest pandemic threats and kill up to 70 percent of people they infect. Dr David Dyjack, a public health expert at the National Environmental Health Association, who was not involved in the research, told DailyMail.com a new virus like this could be "threatening to all mankind." [Do not comply.]

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