URGENT BIRD FLU NEWS
Avian flu–also known as H5N1 or the bird flu–is wiping out millions of birds and spreading to cows. It’s also putting humans at risk, with 70 confirmed cases having been reported in the U.S. since early 2024.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
What is the bird flu?
Bird flu is caused by a virus naturally found in some wild birds. It mutates into stronger strains, jumping to other animals.
It thrives on factory farms, where stressed and immunocompromised animals provide the perfect hosts.
How does bird flu spread?
Crammed into filthy factory farms, one sick animal can infect thousands in days through air, waste, and contact.
U.S. egg farms pack up to six million hens each, while chicken meat farms confine up to 50,000 birds—perfect conditions for disease to spread.
Can bird flu reach humans?
Bird flu spreads through direct contact or contaminated surfaces, endangering workers on egg, chicken, and dairy farms.
In the U.S., the first reported human case in 2024 was a commercial chicken farm worker who tested positive for H5N1–a direct result of weak oversight and daily exposure to infected animals.
Why are eggs so expensive?
Bird flu is wiping out entire hen farms, forcing mass killings and egg shortages—sending prices soaring. Over 150 million birds have been killed across the U.S. in an attempt to contain outbreaks.
Does BIRD FLU infect all birds?
Bird flu infects chickens, turkeys, ducks, and other birds. The virus spreads quickly and wipes out entire flocks in confined sheds, where each bird is often given only 3 square feet of space.
Is milk safe from BIRD flu?
The virus has jumped to dairy cows in 16 states. Shared workers moving between farms–along with contaminated trucks and equipment–accelerate the spread of disease between facilities.
Along with eggs and meat, contaminated milk raises new concerns about food safety.
Can bird flu spread to dogs and cats?
In the U.S., there have been over a dozen cases of cats infected with H5N1; no cases in dogs have been reported, but infection is possible.
The virus can spread through raw pet food or if your companion comes into contact with an infected bird outside.
STAY INFORMED ABOUT DEADLY DISEASES
Factory farms are incubating the next outbreak.
Stay up-to-date on the hidden risks, food safety threats, and what they mean for your health.
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WHAT EXPERTS ARE SAYING
The only way to truly stop a pandemic, it has been suggested, is to stamp it out at its source.
Dr. Michael Greger
How to Survive a Pandemic
I’ve seen the filth, the overcrowding, the sick animals left to die in their own waste. The surprise isn’t that factory farms spread disease—it’s that we haven’t woken up to it sooner.
Sean Thomas
International Director of Investigations
