Bird Flu Outbreak 2024.  — residents' backyard observations could be the key to keeping a biosecurity disaster such as bird flu, varroa mite, or fire ants at bay. It was also likely the first human.

 — 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.  — a major outbreak of a new strain of bird flu — formally named influenza a virus subtype h5n1 — has since killed millions of wild birds and infected poultry, dairy cattle,.