Bird Flu 2024 Milky Way. Outside the farm, bird flu has been picking its way through the animal kingdom. For nearly four months, the spread of bird flu in the nation’s dairy cattle has stoked fears that, if left unchecked, the virus could eventually unleash a pandemic.
All previous bird flu cases in the united states have been among farmworkers, including the very first, in 2022. With only gloves to protect them, farmworkers say they tend sick cows amid bird flu.