Fortune May 9, 2024
Lindsey Leake

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.

Fortune spoke with a trio of epidemiologists, who below answer critical public health questions about bird flu.

What is bird flu?

The type of bird flu that’s currently circulating is a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)—a disease that can seriously...

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