Bird flu spilling over to humans ‘enormous concern,’ WHO says

Published April 18, 2024 12:28pm ET



An official with the World Health Organization said Thursday that human-to-human transmission of bird flu would be an “enormous concern” among an outbreak among dairy cows in the United States.

“This remains I think an enormous concern,” Chief Scientist of the WHO Jeremy Farrar told reporters in Geneva, according to the Guardian.

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