Bird Flu Update 2024 Us Human Cases. — h5n1, an avian influenza virus that has now crossed over into numerous bird and some mammalian species, is one of those with pandemic potential because there is no immunity to it in humans. It was also likely the first.
— the cdc assesses the current bird flu situation as a low public health risk because the country’s flu surveillance system hasn’t flagged troubling alerts. — 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.