H5N1 Bird Flu Spreads in US Dairy Herds: What Farmers and Residents Need to Know Now
Published: December 24, 2025
Duration: 3:46
This is Bird Flu SOS: Urgent H5N1 News & Safety.
Today, health officials are urgently tracking a new surge of H5N1 bird flu spreading across U.S. dairy herds and poultry, with 71 confirmed human cases and two deaths since 2024, most in farm workers, according to the CDC and the Public Health Communications Collaborative. H5N1 remains primarily an animal disease, but the virus is infecting more species than ever before, including dairy cattle, which experts at BBC Science Focus describe as “completely out of control” in animals, raising serious concern about what could happen if it adapts furt...
Today, health officials are urgently tracking a new surge of H5N1 bird flu spreading across U.S. dairy herds and poultry, with 71 confirmed human cases and two deaths since 2024, most in farm workers, according to the CDC and the Public Health Communications Collaborative. H5N1 remains primarily an animal disease, but the virus is infecting more species than ever before, including dairy cattle, which experts at BBC Science Focus describe as “completely out of control” in animals, raising serious concern about what could happen if it adapts furt...