US Urged To Do More To Fight Bird Flu After First Death

Scientists have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu -- and urging the US to do more (Credit: AFP)

The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave off the threat of another pandemic -- particularly ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House.

Health experts around the world have for months been urging US authorities to increase surveillance and share more information about its bird flu outbreak after the virus started spreading among dairy cows for the first time.