Bird Flu Epidemic 2024. It was also likely the first human infection with avian influenza a(h5n1) virus from a cow globally. So far, there’s only one known case of the virus possibly passing from a cow to a human, but experts are concerned.

Restricting dairy cow movement across state lines is part of containing bird flu, but now a case has appeared in a person apparently not exposed. If the bird flu virus were to adapt to people, the world would need billions of doses of vaccines and antivirals to stave off these outcomes.