Avian Flu

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu or H5N1, arrived on dairy farms across the United States in 2024. Workers on dairies and poultry farms have been diagnosed with and treated for Avian flu this year. 

As always, we have our eye toward the health and well-being of the workers, seeking to provide clinicians who serve these workers up-to-date and useful information, so they can best equip workers in the early stages to prevent further spread and to answer questions to reduce fear and confusion.
 

• Avian Flu FAQ for Clinicians Serving Migrant and Immigrant Workers | Migrant Clinicians Network | MCN Blog
   
• Avian Flu and Your Safety: Guidance for Dairy Workers | MCN Resource - Available in English and Spanish
   

• Avian Flu on Dairy Farms: What Clinicians and Dairy Worker Patients Need to Know | MCN Blog
   
• Quick Response, Improved Surveillance, and Excessive Heat: Factors in the Rise of Avian Flu Cases | MCN Blog
   
• Watch our Emerging and Re-Emerging Viruses: What Clinicians Need to Know, From COVID-19 to Avian Flu Continuing Education Webinar
   
• Watch our Bird Flu & Farmworkers: An Update on H5N1 During Influenza Season Webinar (Available in Spanish):

• Watch our interview with Jeff Bender on avian flu below:

• NCFH Avian flu webinar - Available on their YouTube Channel or Archived Webinar Page

• Safeguard your farm: Protect you and your livestock from HPAI | Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
   
• Raw Milk: Know the Facts | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
   
• What to know and do about H5N1 Bird Flu | Resource for agricultural producers from Public Health Communications Collaborative
   
• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in a Dairy Farm Worker | New England Journal of Medicine
   
• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Genotype B3.13 in Dairy Cattle: National Epidemiologic Brief | U.S. Department of Agriculture
   
• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Animals: Interim Recommendations for Prevention, Monitoring, and Public Health Investigations | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Preventing the Next Pandemic Should Start with Protecting Farm Workers | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
  
  
• Bird Flu Traces Emerge in Austin Sewage, Far From Dairy Farms | Bloomberg
   
• How Poor Tracking of Bird Flu Leaves Dairy Workers at Risk | New York Times
   
• Farmworkers lack protections that could help stop spread of bird flu | Politico Pro
   
• How bird flu puts workers on farms and in food processing plants at higher risk | PBS NewsHour