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Lindsey Leake

Bird flu FAQ: Everything you need to know about the H5N1 outbreak that’s spread to dairy cows in 9 states

Employees work on epidemic prevention for chickens at a livestock company in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Just when you stopped regularly hearing about COVID-19 in the news, another infectious disease began to dominate headlines this spring: bird flu.

The good news is—for now, at least—public health experts don’t see this latest bout of avian influenza evolving into the likes of the coronavirus pandemic. But given the disease has spread to poultry in 48 states, dairy cows in nine, and two people in Texas and Colorado, you may be worried about its potential impact on your health.

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