Bird Flu 2024 Cdc. Testing wastewater from 600 sites nationally for influenza a virus could provide communities early warning of possible bird flu outbreaks. The cdc and local health departments have tried to boost bird flu testing among farmworkers, asking them to be tested if they feel sick.

While the cdc monitors cases of the flu year round, the new dashboard is meant to serve as a tool to ramp up surveillance efforts of bird flu cases at the national, state and. Avian influenza a (h5n1), or bird flu, has killed millions of wild birds, and caused sporadic outbreaks among poultry and an ongoing multistate outbreak among cows in the united states.