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What to Know About Bird Flu and Humans
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June 15, 2024
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1:00Now PlayingFor influenza viruses, imperfection is a strength. They constantly mutate, producing new strains that challenge immune systems primed to fight earlier varieties. That’s what makes flu a life-long threat to humans and the animal species — mainly birds — that are vulnerable to it.
Since 2020, a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza called H5N1 has been decimating both wild and domestic birds. Now the same strain is spreading among US dairy cows, and has also infected several US farmworkers exposed to sick cattle. A man in Mexico recently died with a strain of bird flu, H5N2, that hasn’t been seen in humans before.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Heath Organization say the overall risk to the general public remains low, but public-health officials remain on alert for any indication of the most feared outcome: human-to-human transmission that could trigger a pandemic.
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