Bird Flu Risk Revealed: Who's Vulnerable and How to Stay Safe in the Current Global Health Landscape

Bird Flu Risk Revealed: Who's Vulnerable and How to Stay Safe in the Current Global Health Landscape

Published: November 28, 2025

Duration: 4:05

# Bird Flu Risk? Avian Flu & You, Explained

Hello, and welcome to today's episode. I'm your host, and we're diving into a question many of you have been asking: what's my actual risk with bird flu? The honest answer? It depends on who you are and what you do.

Let's start with the baseline. If you're part of the general population with no direct animal contact, your risk is low. You're not getting bird flu from birds in your local park or your neighbor's backyard. According to the CDC, common park birds like crows and sparrows don't...