# Could bird flu cause a human pandemic?

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/could-bird-flu-cause-a-human-pandemic/
- Published: 2024-05-02T09:30:11-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: A dairy farm worker prepares cows for milking in Ontario, Canada, in July 2022. Photo credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. Article by Keren Landman, MD. Vox – April 30, 2024. Last year, when an H5N1 avian flu virus — commonly known as bird flu — was spilling over from bird populations into a variety of wild mammals, Seema Lakdawala, a virologist and influenza A transmission specialist at Emory University, was “not overly concerned” about human risk. […] Click here to view original web page at www.vox.com