Bird Flu 2024 Outbreak In Pakistan. The current bird flu strain is infecting mostly poultry, and hundreds of millions of birds across the globe have been culled. The cases stem from a global outbreak of h5n1, a particular strain of bird flu that took off in 2020 and has hit poultry and dairy farms in the u.s.

The first human case of h5n1 bird flu linked to an outbreak in dairy cows in the united states was reported on april 1, 2024, in texas. It was also likely the first.