Bird Flu Cases In Usa 2024. The first human case of h5n1 bird flu linked to an outbreak in dairy cows in the united states was reported on april 1, 2024, in texas. Bird flu outbreaks have continued across the u.s.

With the recent detections of the eurasian h5 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (hpai) in wild birds and domestic poultry in the united states, bird. By february, more than 50 million chickens have been affected in the u.s., in what has become one of the largest bird flu outbreaks in recorded history.