04-20-2023

ByAndrei Ionescu

Earth.com staff writer

https://www.earth.com/news/deadly-bird-flu-outbreak-requires-urgent-coordinated-response/

Since late 2021, a deadly bird flu outbreak has been spreading in the United States. This highly pathogenic form of avian influenza (H5N1) has been decimating wild birds, severely impacting poultry, pushing up egg prices, and initiating fears that a new zoonotic pandemic may be just around the corner.

A team of scientists led by theUniversity of Maryland(UMD) has now tracked the arrival and progression of this deadly bird flu outbreak in North America in order to clarify how this outbreak is different from previous ones, and how public health authorities should attempt to manage it.NextStay

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According to the experts, the severe toll on wild birds and a marked shift from seasonal to year-round infections signal dangerous changes in the nature of bird flu outbreaks. “We’ve been dealing with low pathogenic avian influenza for decades in…