Are people at risk for bird flu? How can I protect myself? Bird flu’s risk for the general public is still low, with no signs of p

Within 24 to 48 hours of the first detection of the virus, state and federal animal health officials work with farms to cull infected flocks to reduce the risk of transmission. That’s followed by extensive disinfection and months of surveillance and testing to make sure the virus isn’t still lurking somewhere on-site.

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that a strain previously found only in wild birds has turned up in dairy herds in Nevada ‒ raising concerns that future human infections could be more serious.

Will our efforts against H5N1 — or bird flu, as we know it — bind us to a similar Sisyphean-like struggle? But alone, they dismiss an outsized advantage we possess over bird flu — one that is greater,

Most of his health picks are uninterested in using most of the tools that can limit the spread of infectious disease.

As the bird flu continues to spread across the country, there's new evidence it's mutating beyond chickens and cows.