Bird Flu Outbreak 2024. July 18, 2024, 3:30 am pdt. According to the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) since the latest highly pathogenic avian influenza h5n1 (hpai) outbreak in 2022 over 82 million.

Avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, is an infectious virus similar to seasonal influenza (flu) in humans. For nearly four months, the spread of bird flu in the nation’s dairy cattle has stoked fears that, if left unchecked, the virus could eventually unleash a pandemic.