PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A new strain of avian flu that jumped into the seal population caused the deaths of more than 100 harbor seals along the New England coast last fall, a study says.

So far, there’s no indication that humans are capable of contracting the new virus strain, but scientists plan further study of the new influenza strain’s implications.

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