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A virus recently discovered in eastern China is unlikely to cause another pandemic, according to scientists involved in its research. The pathogen, identified as the Langya henipavirus, has so far infected 35 people in Shandong and Henan provinces from 2018 to 2021. The first case reportedly involved a 53-year-old Qingdao city farmer who sought medical treatment for a fever, cough, headaches and nausea. Also known as “LayV,” the virus is believed to be carried by shrews — small, mole-like mammals that are somehow among the most voracious mammalian predators on Earth — which might have infected humans directly or through...
