bird flu
noun
: avian influenza
specifically
: severe often fatal influenza A caused by strains of a subtype (H5N1) of the causative orthomyxovirus that have produced epidemics in domestic birds especially in Asia with sporadic associated human infections
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But public health officials maintain that bird flu in dairy cattle remains a new, evolving situation.
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Chiara Eisner, NPR, 25 May 2024
Two farmworkers at dairies in Michigan and Texas were sickened by bird flu this spring.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 25 May 2024
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Chiara Eisner, NPR, 25 May 2024
Two farmworkers at dairies in Michigan and Texas were sickened by bird flu this spring.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 25 May 2024
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bird flu
noun
: avian influenza
specifically
: severe often fatal influenza A caused by strains of a subtype (H5N1) of the causative orthomyxovirus that have produced epidemics in domestic birds especially in Asia with sporadic associated human infections
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