In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading across the globe for nearly three decades did something wholly unexpected: It showed up in dairy cows in the Texas Panhandle. A dangerous bird flu,

Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu​, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped.

I think we should assume there are infections that are occurring in farmworkers that just aren’t being detected.” The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry and other animals around the world for several years,