Bird Flu Epidemic 2024. Outbreak in dairy cows is increasingly adapting to spread in mammals, new research in marine mammals. The second human case of a(h5n1) bird flu in the united states was reported in 2024 and linked with dairy cattle and reported eye redness as their only.
If the bird flu virus were to adapt to people, the world would need billions of doses of vaccines and antivirals to stave off these outcomes. The person who tested positive for bird flu was the 14th to do so in the us this year, and the first without known contact with animals.