Latest On Bird Flu Outbreak 2024. 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. The bodies of adélie penguins and skuas are lined up on the snow and ice as a deadly, mutating pathogen continues its unrelenting spread, infecting new species of birds and mammals across the globe.

It was also likely the first. The bodies of adélie penguins and skuas are lined up on the snow and ice as a deadly, mutating pathogen continues its unrelenting spread, infecting new species of birds and mammals across the globe.