Trump faces a big bird flu problem
By
Gabrielle M. Etzel
December 30, 2024 6:00 am
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President-elect Donald Trump is likely to struggle with the outbreak of bird flu, or H5N1, among livestock and wildlife in the United States, which experts are concerned could become a threat to humans should the spread of the virus not be contained.
The newly circulating bird flu virus has ravaged the wild bird population, but public health experts and government health officials became increasingly alarmed about it starting in April when the first case of the illness was reported in dairy cattle.
Since then, more than 800 dairy herds across the U.S. have been infected, and 60 human cases have been confirmed, all derived from direct contact with infected cows or poultry.
So far, there have been no cases of human-to-human transmission of bird flu, but scientists warn it is possible the virus could mutate to become more infectious to humans if it is allowed to continue to spread among livestock.
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