Trump faces a big bird flu problem

President-elect Donald Trump is likely to struggle with the outbreak of bird flu, or H5N1, among livestock and wildlife in the United States, which experts are concerned could become a threat to humans should the spread of the virus not be contained.

The newly circulating bird flu virus has ravaged the wild bird population, but public health experts and government health officials became increasingly alarmed about it starting in April when the first case of the illness was reported in dairy cattle.