Highly pathogenic avian influenza, H5N1, is currently spiking in wild bird populations. Will this be the year it becomes readily transmissible p2p? That would be a perfect storm, with US monitoring and mitigation at an all time low thanks to RFKs gutting of the US public health system.
Meanwhile, a children's petting farm in Canada has asked all visitors to get tested, after detecting H5N1 in their poultry.
