Answering your questions about bird flu

Published January 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM EST

FILE - Dairy cattle feed at a farm on March 31, 2017, near Vado, N.M. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday, March 25, 2024, that milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

The first reported human death from the bird flu virus in the U.S. came a week ago in Louisiana.

While there is no sign the virus is spreading from person to person, the news might jolt us back to the very early days of COVID. But are there really any similarities?

On Cincinnati Edition, we discuss transmission, preparedness, and prevention.

Guest:

Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, vice chair for clinical research for internal medicine, University of Cincinnati

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