H5N1 Avian Flu Spreads Globally: Urgent Worldwide Threat Impacts Wildlife, Livestock, and Human Health in 2025
Published: November 15, 2025
Duration: 4:41
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Avian influenza H5N1 has become a truly global concern. Since 2020, outbreaks have been detected on every continent except Australia. Wild aquatic birds act as natural carriers, but the virus now infects poultry, mammals like seals and dairy cattle, and humans. According to the World Health Organization, since 2003 nearly a thousand human cases and 475 deaths have been reported worldwide—a case fatality rate near 50 percent. The Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia all...
Avian influenza H5N1 has become a truly global concern. Since 2020, outbreaks have been detected on every continent except Australia. Wild aquatic birds act as natural carriers, but the virus now infects poultry, mammals like seals and dairy cattle, and humans. According to the World Health Organization, since 2003 nearly a thousand human cases and 475 deaths have been reported worldwide—a case fatality rate near 50 percent. The Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia all...